Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries,… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The vices and the virtues are written in a language the world cannot construe; it reads them in a vile translation, and… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. … Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Copy Share Image
Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die, Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough, And… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
One of my few virtues - I don't have a lot of them - would be a deep sense of curiosity. I'm… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The orator, who may be silent without danger, may praise without difficulty and without reluctance; and posterity will confess that the character… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Memory's vices are also its virtues, elements of a bridge across time that allows us to link the mind with the world. — Daniel Schacter Copy Share Image
As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch, If neither… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.” — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“A wise mother is the unifying force between father and children; her seed of love produces a harvest of trust.” — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
Patience is a virtue. (Tee) Excuse me, pot, could you not pick on the kettle? (Joe) — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
