219 Quotes About Modesty
- Author Lisa Bedrick
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Pop stars AREN'T cool. Cheating on your husband or your wife isn't cool. Having no modesty with your body and no self-respect is NOT cool. It doesn't matter how pretty someone's voice is, or if they SAY they are Christian, God calls us to modesty and faithfulness, so we need to be careful to not idolize anyone that goes way off of what God wants.
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- Author Wendy Shalit
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A society which sees her modesty or her "hang-ups" as a problem is necessarily a society which will not be able to get him to commit. Conversely, a society which respected modesty, or what now goes by "hang-ups", was one in which men were obligated.
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- Author Yasmin Mogahed
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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.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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As an attempt to escape their unhappiness, some people ran to something they used to look down on, or make fun of, when they were happy.
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- Author Noah Webster
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Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.
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- Author Wendy Shalit
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Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why.
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- Author George Eliot
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Modesty, not temper.
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- Author Wendy Shalit
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Failure to sleep with someone is now an act of hostility, whereas it was once understood to be part of the natural process of searching for one’s mate.
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- Author Ljupka Cvetanova
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Modesty is fear.
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