Modesty Quotes

412 quotes by 301 authors

Beyond fashion and its demands, there are higher and more pressing laws, principles superior to fashion, and unchangeable, which under no circumstances can be sacrificed… — Pope Pius XII
When she was thrown into the air by a savage bull in the amphitheatre at Carthage, her first thought and action when she fell to… — Pope Pius XII
These principles with due regard to time and place, must, in accordance with Christian prudence, be applied to all schools, particularly in the most delicate… — Pope Pius XI
We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress and conversation and… — Pope Pius XI
Whatever is born is the work of God. So whatever is plastered on, is the devil's work.... How unworthy of the Christian name it is… — Tertullian
To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit. — Saint Augustine
What does God think of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood? — Clement of Alexandria
The diabolical work that has taken place since the legalization of abortion is that it has destroyed, in those tragic women who have allowed their… — Alice von Hildebrand
Nothing can ever overcome that one enormous sex (female) superiority that even the male child is born closer to his mother than to his father. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A feminist is someone who loathes being a woman and who dislikes the chief feminine characteristics. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women. — Alice von Hildebrand
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it. — Yasuhiro Konishi
I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz. — Alfred Nobel
Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls. — Pope Pius XII
Christian mothers, if only you knew the future of distress and peril, of shame ill-restrained, that you prepare for your sons and daughters in imprudently… — Pope Pius XII
Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything… — J.R. Miller
These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by reason, by Christian morality. — Pope Pius XII
Below the knee, halfway down the arm, and two finger widths below the collarbone. — Pope Pius XII
How many girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They certainly would blush if… — Pope Pius XII
But how can you know anything of the impression made on others? Who can assure you that others do not draw therefrom incentives to evil?… — Pope Pius XII

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