Luke Ford Quotes

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base.

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.

I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me that sex is the most awful and filthy thing on earth, and you should save it for someone you love.

We were very old-fashioned. My preacher at church told me I could not go in to the movies because it would make me a 'wanton woman.'

Moral training in Ireland is severe and lasts until marriage. Even in childhood, we are taught by the pious clergy to battle against bad thoughts so that we may preserve our holy purity.

There is no such thing as a continuously carnal Christian.

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.

Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.