Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is,… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children.… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“But I was born in the image of God, a man, a creator, with power of life and death, a father, blessed… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
“In the sense of worldly advantage, it no longer signified whether people thought of him as having been an authentic man of… — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
There should be an expanded role in this society for every human being. I see an expanded role for the human spirit,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It depends on education--that holder of the keys which the Almighty hath put into our hands--to open the gates which lead to… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
“O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed… — William Blake Copy Share Image
The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Service is the virtue that distinguished the great of all times and which they will be remembered by. It places a mark… — Bryant S. Hinckley Copy Share Image
This sutra enjoins a rule of morality. It says nobody should be disrespected. A man can impress evdrybnody by his virtues. Disrespecting… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The Lord called Himself and is the 'good Shepherd' (Jn. 10:11). If you believe in His guidance, then you will understand by… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Man has a single basic choice: to think or not, and that is the gauge of his virtue. Moral perfection is an… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is [hu]man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Virtue must be the only vigorous thing in our lives. Sin is large and stale. You can never finish eating it nor… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
People generally report higher levels of stress, depression, and tension after watching TV. It seems that TV's main virtue is that it… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Attention is the cardinal psychological virtue. On it depends perhaps the other cardinal virtues, for there can hardly be faith nor hope… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
“Atheism leads a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all of which may be guides to… — Sir Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
“ “Virtue is its own reward.But then, the same could be said for sin.” —The Dowager Marchioness of Wallingham to the Countess… — Elisa Braden Copy Share Image
To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The virtues prized in free countries are honesty, self-discipline, a sense of responsibility to one's family, a sense of loyalty to one's… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“O, lack and doubt and fear can only come Because of plenty, confidence, and love! They are the shadow-forms about their feet,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm.… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to virtue, and to me; Dwell in a monk, or light… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Faith, Trust, Hope and Confidence are most important virtues one must possess for a successful life. Nobody or nothing can break you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or less skill, for laudable or for evil purposes, to express… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
If you combine all the spectral rays into a single beam, you get white light; and, if you combine all the virtues… — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We don't see the people that vice destroys. We just see the glamour of it - everywhere we look, from billboard signs… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
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