"Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor."

-- Noah Webster

#Honor Quotes #Excellence Quotes #Female Quotes

“Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.”

Source : "Fat is a prejudice issue" by Susie Orbach, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2012.
“He had mourned each of those great trains as, one by one, they were pulled off the lines and left to rust in some yard, like old aristocrats, fading away; antique relics of times gone by.”
“I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her music! Maybe - didn't she have a song called "Superman"?”
“Teens aren't just interested in getting laid. I won't believe that's all they're interested in. I have four younger sisters and they're sick of being shown how they're supposed to react in bed.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is required a daily pruning of the evil growth of our characters by a daily repen- tance from sin.”
“For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.”
“The more clearly we see the infinite chasm between God's glory and our sinful falling short thereof, the greater will be our appreciation of His grace and love in bridging that gulf to redeem us.”

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