Virtue Quotes · Page 84

Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss

— John Milton

It must be admitted that the conception of virtue cannot be separated from the conception of happiness-producing conduct.

— Herbert Spencer

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I believe that eclecticism is a virtue. It may not be a word, but its definitely a virtue.

— Will Smith

“The practice of perfect virtue does not require teaching, but instructs others.”

— St. Ambrose

“In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man.”

— Marquis de Sade

A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.

— Epictetus

How could you do nothing to him, if you fought so hard?” she asked. “I’m lust and he’s wrath!” he yelled. “I’m…

— Amanda Hocking

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense.…

— Sophie Swetchine

The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable…

— Alexander Hamilton

The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or…

— Richard Rohr

If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and…

— John of the Cross

I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education…

— Adam Braun

For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and…

— Peter Kreeft

Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a…

— Isabel Allende

According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in…

— Walter Raleigh

The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any…

— Bertrand Russell

The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never…

— Theodore Dalrymple

A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“Thus the good are unfailingly rewarded with their own virtue, and the wholesome consequences of their actions on society at large. And…

— Kaiten Nukariya

If our age in its pride laughs at and rejects Our Lady's Rosary, a countless legion of the most saintly men of…

— Pope Pius XI

“For present-day politicians there are only political points to be made from such statements, and the larger the sin the larger the…

— Douglas Murray

If what was said in the Ethics is true, that the happy life is the life according to virtue lived without impediment,…

— Aristotle

A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring,

— Alister E. McGrath

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

— Anonymous

Joe Bonomo has written a fine book: a book not only about a band or times passed, but also about the rare…

— Nick Tosches

Every house we have lived in, every building to which our hands have lent their work, belongs to us by virtue of…

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

— Miguel de Cervantes

It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness.

— Kate DiCamillo

Whether the law of marriage be instituted or not, the dictate of nature and virtue seems to be an early attachment to…

— Thomas Malthus

If there is a God, there is a map. If God has a map, his map is the true map.

— Peter Kreeft

“An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue…

— Anonymous

“Your favourite quality in a woman?: Thought. Your favourite virtue?: Faithfulness.”

— Benoît Peeters

All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

— Pierre Corneille

One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.

— Zig Ziglar

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

— Michel de Montaigne

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt…

— David Hume