Quotes for All
My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don’t settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be… Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon… … Read more
The price of peace is righteousness. Men and nations may loudly proclaim, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there shall be no peace until individuals nurture in their souls those principles of personal purity, integrity, and character which foster the development of peace. Peace cannot be imposed. It must come from the lives and hearts of men. There … Read more
As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone—though these can find in it more poignant depths of meaning than other men—so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire. Evelyn … Read more
I’ve never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line. Evan Parker
Purity is the gatekeeper for everything precious and blissful in God’s kingdom. Eric Ludy
Much certainly of the happiness and purity of our lives depends on our making a wise choice of our companions and friends. If our friends are badly chosen they will inevitably drag us down; if well they will raise us up. Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury
Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit. Eric Liddell
Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives. Eric Hoffer
Few countries have produced such arrogance and snobbishness as America. Particularly is this true of the American woman of the middle class. She not only considers herself the equal of man, but his superior, especially in her purity, goodness, and morality. Small wonder that the American suffragist claims for her vote the most miraculous powers. … Read more
Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind, by that sin against solitude. Emile M. Cioran