Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and…

“Hampshire was dressed in scarlet and brilliant orange, the hounds were out four mornings a week, and the last baskets of fruit had been…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their head, The wind is passing by.”

— Christina Rossetti

“They were, doubtless, good men, just and sage. But, out of the whole human family, it would not have been easy to select the…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.

— Theognis of Megara

If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will leave your hands if you yourself are not virtuous.…

— Ibn Hazm

As a whole forest becomes fragrant by the existence of a single tree with sweet-smelling blossoms in it, so a family becomes famous by…

— Chanakya

This sutra enjoins a rule of morality. It says nobody should be disrespected. A man can impress evdrybnody by his virtues. Disrespecting others means…

— Chanakya

I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember taking the…

— John Barrowman

Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Steadying herself with both hands on the table, she managed an awkward bow… 'Your Highness,' she stammered, head lowered... The prince flinched and cast…

— Marissa Meyer

Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

— Dante Alighieri

There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth…

— Anne Lamott

I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards…

— Jonathan Swift

I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will…

— Bill Johnson