Virtue Quotes · Page 125

It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A return to virtue must begin individually in our hearts and in our homes. You are the guardians of virtue.

— Elaine S. Dalton

Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .

— Horace Mann

The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and preemptory spirit of excise laws.

— Alexander Hamilton

In perseverance, in self command, in forethought, in all virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and…

— Augustin Thierry

When we destroy an old prejudice, we have need of a new virtue.

— Madame de Stael

“ A lie told in the service of truth is virtue.”

— Brent Weeks

The predominant teachings of this age are that there are no limits to man's capacity to govern others and that, therefore, no…

— Walter Lippmann

It was [Totila's] constant theme, that national vice and ruin are inseparably connected; that victory is the fruit of moral as well…

— Edward Gibbon

I have not loved the world, nor the world me, but let us part fair foes; I do believe, though I have…

— Anonymous

Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?

— Anton Chekhov

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

— Sallust

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

— Abraham Lincoln

Virtue alone is sweet society, It keeps the key to all heroic hearts, And opens you a welcome in them all.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A difficult form of virtue is to try in your own life to obey what you believe to be God's will.

— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

How will it be with us in the future life, when everything that has gratified us in this world: riches, honors, food…

— John of Kronstadt

Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do…

— Manny Pacquiao

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.

— William C. Bryant

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

— Honore de Balzac

O Laziness, mother of the arts and noble virtues, be thou the balm of human anguish.

— Paul Lafargue

As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as…

— Alexander Hamilton

The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.

— Gloria Steinem

You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.

— Francis Chan

[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary…

— Samuel West

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions…

— David Hume

The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.

— F. H. Bradley

Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

the leading error of the human mind, - the bane of human happiness - the perverter of human virtue ... is Religion…

— Frances Wright

Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

— Edward Abbey

It is visible then that it was not any Heathen Religion or other Idolatrous Superstition, that first put Man upon crossing his…

— Bernard de Mandeville

Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity

— Vladimir Nabokov

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

— Confucius

Want is a bitter and a hateful good, Because its virtues are not understood; Yet many things, impossible to thought, Have been…

— John Dryden

Patience is a virtue, but impatience gets things done.

— Chelsea Clinton

If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For…

— Marcus Eremita

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds…

— Edmund Burke

The Holy Eucharist is like a divine Storehouse filled with every virtue; God has placed It in the world so that everyone…

— Peter Julian Eymard