Chastity Quotes

157 Chastity quotes by 107 unique authors

When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph. — Josemaria Escriva
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of… — St. Jerome
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the… — Ephrem the Syrian
So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each… — John Milton
For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love. — Josemaria Escriva
A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing and nobody will… — Mother Teresa
In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the mind to some… — Alphonsus Liguori
Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of… — Saint Francis de Sales
Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when… — Philip Neri
Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God; hence Truth itself… — Saint Augustine
These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of… — Swami Vivekananda
Chastity is sexual intercourse with affection. — Robert Owen
Chastity is curable, if detected early. — Woody Allen
The three monotheism share a series of identical forms of aversion: hatred of reason and intelligence; hatred of freedom; hatred of all books in the… — Michel Onfray
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable. — St. Jerome
Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes - and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any other Virtue. — Lord Byron
In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The Tibetans have not… — Swami Vivekananda
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity. — Madonna Ciccone
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food… — J. Reuben Clark
Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far. — Mark Twain
Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap”… — Boyd K. Packer
Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you are not perfect… — Swami Vivekananda
Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. — C.S. Lewis
Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a king (cf. Gen.… — Pachomius the Great

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