Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The hell with virtue. I've figured out the mechanics of her dress.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Fear is the virtue of slaves; but the heart that loveth is willing. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence. — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue. — James Gibbons Copy Share Image
Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet. — Benvenuto Cellini Copy Share Image
We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
There is no device whatever to be invented for securing happiness without industry, economy, and virtue. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Whatever is genuine in social relations endures, despite of time, error, absence, and destiny; and that which has no inherent vitality had… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Chuang Tzu and Heidegger both emphasise the virtue of 'spontaneity' - a sort of mindful responsiveness to things as they are. It's… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
“A noble deed is a dream before it is reality. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg;… — James Allen Copy Share Image
Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase,… — John Taylor of Caroline Copy Share Image
Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar… — Friedrich Schleiermacher Copy Share Image
Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Recently Mr. Mawdsley’s donkey escaped from his stall, raced down the road, and somehow found his way into an enclosed pasture. Mr.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The more I think of a people calmly developing, in regions excluded from our sight and deemed uninhabitable by our sages, powers… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I think being tortured as a virtue is a kind of antiquated sense of what it is to be an artist. It… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have come to understand that the self, my self, is inherently sacred. By virtue of its own improbability, its own miracle,… — Ursula Goodenough Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Out of all virtues simplicity is my most favorite virtue. So much so that I tend to believe that simplicity can solve… — Ela Bhatt Copy Share Image
