True Womanhood Quotes

• The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

  Mary McLeod Bethune

  Women, Memorable, Character

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• Keep pace with the times. . . . Find new and surprising ways to teach girls how to develop every gift and grace of true womanhood.

  Elmina Shepard Taylor

  Girl, Grace, Pace

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• Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.

  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Beautiful, House, Wish

  FaceBook post by Tracee Ellis Ross from Nov 26, 2013

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• But there is a beauty every girl has—a gift from God, as pure as the sunlight, and as sacred as life. It is a beauty that all men love, a virtue that wins all men's souls. That beauty is chastity. Chastity without skin beauty may enkindle the soul; skin beauty without chastity can kindle only the eye. Chastity enshrined in the mold of true womanhood will hold true love eternally.

  David O. McKay

  Girl, Eye, Winning

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• The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Women, Heart, Spheres

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “The Blithedale Romance”, p.98, Xist Publishing

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• A girl who sacrifices self-respect for social popularity debases true womanhood. A spotless character, founded upon the ability to say "no" in the presence of those who mock and jeer, wins the respect and love of men and women whose opinion is most worthwhile.

  David O. McKay

  Girl, Character, Sacrifice

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• The ultimate meaning of true womanhood is this: It is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of his Son in ways that would not be displayed if there were no womanhood.

  John Piper

  Son, Calling, Way

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