Elisabeth Elliot Quotes About Modesty

Quotes about: Modesty

• The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Son, Principles, Add

• Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly. The opposite of modesty is conceit, boldness, immodesty, brazenness, lewdness.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Mean, Opposites, Modesty

• Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Majority, Holiness, Want

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “Discipline: The Glad Surrender”, p.42, Revell

• It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could be distracting to men who are trying to keep their minds on God.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Men, Mind, Church

• Prostitutes dress obviously, so as to draw attention. It's their business, isn't it? The last thing that a Christian woman is thinking of is being like a prostitute.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Christian, Thinking, Dresses

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