Quotes about Respectability

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.

Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works.

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

Society--civilized society, at least--is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef ... Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees...

Remarriage while the true partner is living is a vain attempt to give respectability to dishonor by invoking a human law that overthrows God's law:

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.