Modesty Quotes

412 quotes by 301 authors

Parents and leaders should give early help to the blase girl who is often overpainted and underdressed. She is the picture of an unhappy girl… — Mark E. Petersen
No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change… — Spencer W. Kimball
Wear modest, clean clothing. Your clothing doesn't need to be new and [it] should have some fashion of course, but [it] should be clean, modest,… — Bruce R. McConkie
You wonderful girls, dress modestly and keep yourselves physically clean. Be cheerful and happy. Be positive about life. Then the Holy Spirit will cause you… — F. Melvin Hammond
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. — William Cowper
I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round… — Teresa of Avila
By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this virtue to all… — Pio of Pietrelcina
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
We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and… — Alphonsus Liguori
Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others. — Clement of Alexandria
It might be said that society speaks through the clothing it wears. Through its clothing it reveals its secret aspirations and uses it, at least… — Pope Pius XII
But by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both fall,-the men by… — Clement of Alexandria
For those women sin against God when they rub their skin with ointments, stain their cheeks with rouge, and make their eyes prominent with antimony.… — Tertullian
In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another. — Saint Augustine
The most insidious of sophisms are usually repeated to justify immodesty and seem to be the same everywhere. — Pope Pius XII
Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case; ...these corrupted souls and infected hearts scarcely… — Saint Francis de Sales
Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company… — Saint Francis de Sales
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is. — Bernard of Clairvaux
How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush… — Pope Pius XII
Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty. — Paul of the Cross

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