Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

Silence is the greatest ornament of the woman.

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held that certain processes of the feminine toilet, like the powdering of the nose and the application of lipstick to the mouth, were (if done at all) better done in private.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

You can recognize women who are grateful to be a daughter of God by their outward appearance. These women understand their stewardship over their bodies and treat them with dignity.

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

I don't want to put anyone down, but you won't see any twerking from me.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

Being a 'Lady' used to be something to which all young women aspired.

We pray for a generation of girls who will display their wit, their intelligence, their modest charm, their integrity, their loveliness rather than their bodies and their sexual possibilities.

No woman ought to pretend she's intelligent. And if she is she ought to have the intelligence to pretend she isn't.

It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value himself upon no qualities but such as any man may arrive at.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet every body is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

My father always used to say ‘treat everyone as a gentleman; not because they are, but because you are.’

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 all similar actions.

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.

An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.

We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.

When a woman wears a low-cut gown, what does she expect you to do: look or not look?

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.