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title: "14 God Virtue Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 14 God Virtue quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best God Virtue sayings and thoughts."
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> [Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pythagoras/wealth-is-a-weak-anchor-and-glory-cannot-support-a-man-this-is-the/)

[Pythagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pythagoras/)

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> [God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/god-is-on-the-side-of-virtue-for-whoever-dreads-punishment-suffers-it/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God democracy will not and cannot long endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/without-god-there-is-no-virtue-because-there-is-no-prompting-of-the-2/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/without-god-there-is-no-virtue-because-there-is-no-prompting-of-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“Humility is, "nothing but that simple consent of the creature to let God be all, in virtue of which it surrenders itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/humility-is-nothing-but-that-simple-consent-of-the-creature-to-let/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [It ill becomes any of us to take the attitude that all evidence for God is false evidence, beneath consideration, simply by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kitty-ferguson/it-ill-becomes-any-of-us-to-take-the-attitude-that-all-evidence-for/)

[Kitty Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kitty-ferguson/)

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> [“Some dislike our insisting on the word of the Lord and true fear of Him; and they say they do not wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-martin-boltzius/some-dislike-our-insisting-on-the-word-of-the-lord-and-true-fear-of/)

[Johann Martin Boltzius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-martin-boltzius/)

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> [“It is not solely or chiefly in virtue of the divine image that man effectively resembles God, but in virtue of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etienne-gilson/it-is-not-solely-or-chiefly-in-virtue-of-the-divine-image-that-man/)

[Étienne Gilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etienne-gilson/)

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> [The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-institution-of-religion-exists-only-to-keep-mankind-in-order-and/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [Natural good is' so intimately connected with moral good, and natural evil with moral evil, that I am as certain as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/natural-good-is-so-intimately-connected-with-moral-good-and-natural/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/the-rewards-of-integrity-are-immeasurable-one-is-the-indescribable/)

[Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/)

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> [Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-lawhead/who-upholds-the-gorsedd-if-not-you-who-counts-the-ages-of-the-world/)

[Stephen R. Lawhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-lawhead/)

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> [“While in a state like this the soul will find profit in nothing, and hence, none of the good works it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/padma-aon-prakasha/while-in-a-state-like-this-the-soul-will-find-profit-in-nothing-and/)

[Padma Aon Prakasha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/padma-aon-prakasha/)

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> [... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorenzo-scupoli/if-a-man-prays-god-for-some-virtue-and-at-the-same-time-gives-himself/)

[Lorenzo Scupoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorenzo-scupoli/)

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                        "text": "Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of Heaven if not You? Who quickens life in the womb if not You? Therefore, God of All Virtue and Power, sain us and shield us with Your Swift Sure Hand.",
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                        "text": "“While in a state like this the soul will find profit in nothing, and hence, none of the good works it may do will be of any avail; for they do not have their origin in the First Principle, God, through Whom alone our virtue is true virtue. Any good thing we do has its source, not in ourselves, but rather in the spring where the tree of the soul is planted, and in that Sun of God which sheds its radiance on our works. Whenever we do any good thing, or see such a thing being done, we should take ourselves straight away to its Source, thanking God, realizing that without His help we are powerless.”",
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                        "text": "... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite means to gain this virtue, and making no effort towards it, truly this man tempts God, rather than prays. Thus the divine James says: 'The effectual prayer of a righteous man avails much' (Jms. 5:16). What avails to make prayer effective? is when, besides begging a saint to pray for him about something, the man also prays about it himself and with all diligence does everything necessary for obtaining his request.",
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