Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. — John Vanbrugh Copy Share Image
Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues. — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“Truth is a saint. Courage is a warrior. Virtue is a priest. Prudence is a sage.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits? — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There should be no such thing as a vice law. Every vice is only a bad habit, and the punishment is inherent… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even… — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
[The photograph] is the object itself... [It] shares, by virtue of the very process of its becoming, the being of the model… — Andre Bazin Copy Share Image
Being persuaded that a just application of the principles, on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be promote of private virtue… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Sanity -- that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern,… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
I did think Justice [Antony] Kennedy's opinion on Lawrence was critical to that because it really, what Lawrence in one sense was,… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
“Whoever believes physical size and tests of speed or strength have anything to do with a soccer player's prowess is sorely mistaken.… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
In the face of the collective action problems that are at the heart of the environmental crisis, consequentialists should seek to inculcate… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
There is also something excellent in every audience,the capacity of virtue. They are ready to be beatified. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Virtue is relative at best, there's nothing worse than a sunset when your driving due West. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness — Confucius Copy Share Image
I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
There are two differing approaches and they have different virtues, the method of talent management and recruitment. — John Gibbons Copy Share Image
We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. — Major Owens Copy Share Image
Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found without virtue — John Adams Copy Share Image
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune. — Boethius Copy Share Image
“On Perseverance – Persistence is admirable. Stubbornness is stupid. Just remember: the latter two even begin with the same three letters.” — Marsha Hinds Copy Share Image
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