#modes

My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men. ↗

— Yasmin Mogahed

#modesty #purpose #women #men

A great man is always willing to be little. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#greatness #humbleness #humility #modesty #size

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#modesty #arrogance

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#between #conceit #delicate #delicate balance #modesty

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head. ↗

— David Byrne

#cycling #day #depending #faster #head

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ↗

— Confucius

#exceeds #his #man #modest #speech

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. ↗

— Confucius

#find #good #his #make #modesty

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. ↗

— Confucius

#exceeds #his #man #modest #speech

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly. ↗

— James Denton

#as far as #every #far #get #hired

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#appreciation #civilized #creation #far #future