“As daughters of Mary, we can forget the arbitrary gaze and appraisal of this world, and let the King be enthralled by our beauty—the unfading beauty and majesty that He has given us in His infinite Love.”

“To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.”

“Modesty is more than just a hemline, it is an interior disposition that influences not only our dress, but our thoughts and actions.”

“A person’s beauty consists in their actions being well proportioned in respect of the spiritual clarity of reason”

“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.

“The face is a witness of the thoughts and is a silent interpreter of the heart. The outward appearance is often a sign of the conscience and the unspoken words of the mind.”

“The most important aspect of feminine charm, however, is the radiance of inner goodness. In the new creation women are so to attract others from inner innocence and sanctity that they need not depend on outer adornment, fine clothing, golden jewelry.”

“She proclaims in her being that woman has an independent personal dignity that transcends the fleeting allurements of a body destined to the disfigurement and dissolution of aging, illness, death. She proclaims that fmal bodily splendor will be the lot of the virtuous when they reign with Christ in the glory of their risen bodies.”