“Proclaiming the gospel to all mankind is a fundamental part of the mission of the Church.” Quote by M. Russell Ballard
“Your Heavenly Father needs you. His work, under the direction of our Savior Jesus Christ, needs what you are uniquely prepared to give.” NeedsGivingFatherJesusChristJesus ChristPreparedHeavenlySaviorMissionaryNeed YouHeavenly FatherSavior Jesus Author:Robert D. Hales
“I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.” ScienceTasteModestyBiographiesBuzz Author:Alfred Nobel
“Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls.” SoulForceSinDarknessModestyImpurity Author: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 accustoming them to live hardly clothed and in making them lose the sense of modesty, you should be ashamed of yourselves and of the harm done the little ones whom heaven entrusted to your care, to be reared in Christian dignity and culture.” IfsShouldLittlesDoneCareChristianMotherCultureHeavenLosesSonDaughterDignityShameIllHarmAshamedModestyDistressPerilYour SonSon And DaughterIf Only You Knew Author: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 showy and flashy: it never dresses better than it can afford, and yet it is always well dressed, even in simple muslin or plain calico.” ShouldWellsYoungSimplePoorRichDressesModestyYoung WomenVulgarDressingsRefinementRich Or PoorWell DressedFlashyShowy Author:J.R. Miller
“These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals.” Has BeensReasonChristianChurchPrinciplesMoralitySaintModestyChristian Morality Author:Pope Pius XII
“Below the knee, halfway down the arm, and two finger widths below the collarbone.” TwoArmsFingersKneesModestyHalfwayWidth Author: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 they could guess the impression they make and the feelings they evoke in those who see them.” IfsFeelingsCertainGirlStyleFollowingImpressionSheepModestyEvokeShamelessWrongdoing Author: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? You do not know the depths of human frailty. . . Oh, how truly was it said that if some Christian women could only suspect the temptations and falls they cause in others with modes of dress and familiarity in behavior, which they unthinkingly consider as of no importance, they would be shocked by the responsibility which is theirs.” IfsKnowsHumansMadeSaidWould BeChristianFallEvilCausesResponsibilityBehaviorDrawsImportanceDressesDepthImpressionTemptationSuspectsModestyShockedIncentivesFamiliarityFrailtyHuman FrailtiesChristian Women Author:Pope Pius XII
“The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts. . . If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up.” IfsGivingKindImportantSoulBodySpiritualCertainSinDutyComfortDressesSalvationNeighborGravesOccasionsYour SoulWelfareModesty Author:Pope Pius XII