Abstinence Quote by Molly Ringwald Download Open image “To preach abstinence, I think, is absolutely not the right message to give to kids.” — Molly Ringwald ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abstinence Giving Kids Messages Thinking
I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“A 2005 survey of 12,000 adolescents found that those who had pledged to remain abstinent until marriage were more likely to have oral and… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
Well, I think that abstinence has its place as part of a comprehensive health and sex education curriculum. It would be wrong to exclude… — Kerry Healey Copy Share Image
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try it, they… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I think it's important to let kids be kids and be cautious about accelerated sexuality as pressure to mature too quickly. My hackles go… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
We want to give kids... an avenue to do what it is they want to do in life. — Jason Taylor Copy Share Image
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace. — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want. — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
My dad has always just had a lot of faith in me as an artist and as a person, and he doesn't really dispense… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about books is you never run out of them, you can just keep going. So I'm always finding new writers, or… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger. — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
Sexual activity, and the thoughts and fantasies of sex, use up a great portion of our vital force. When that force is conserved through… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
Used with due abstinence, hope acts as a healthful tonic; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate. The visions of future triumph, which at first… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
When a married person uses pornography, or is unfaithful, it compromises not just his (or her) purity, but also compromises the spouse's purity. As… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Look, choosing to wait until marriage makes me feel empowered. But if the same choice cripples you, then it wasn't the right one.” — Rachael Allen Copy Share Image
Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them.… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
While one may lose much because of avarice, nothing was ever accomplished by abstinence. — Isuna Hasekura Copy Share Image
I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
How do we want our air? Pure. How do we want our water? Pure. How do we want sex on our wedding night? Pure. — Molly Kelly Copy Share Image
“There’s gratification in abstaining from the easy choice. Instant gratification can bring more suffering than pleasure. If I do the hard thing, the next… — Cecily Wang Copy Share Image
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