I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows… — Horace Copy Share Image
In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work — Barbara Taylor Bradford Copy Share Image
The sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction, the moral melee. — Jethro Tull Copy Share Image
It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Cling to the One who clings to nothing; And so clinging, cease to cling.” — Tiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion? — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Someone once asked the Spartan king Leonidas to identify the supreme warrior virtue from which all others flowed. He replied: "Contempt for… — Steven Pressfield 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
All morality depends upon our sentiments; and when any action or quality of the mind pleases us after a certain manner we… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“By the external appearance of your knowledge, you have attained (high) ranks and reverence with the people! So seek with Allah higher… — Wuhayb ibn al-Wird Copy Share Image
The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm,… — George A. Smith Copy Share Image
I want to identify what a genuine man does—the virtues, the habits, the disciplines, the duties, the actions of true manhood—and then… — Stephen Mansfield Copy Share Image
“God Himself is the rule and mode of virtue. Our faith is measured by divine truth, our hope by the greatness of… — St. Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
A cold and searching wind drives away all contagion, and nothing can withstand it but what has a virtue in it, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No system can long command the loyalties of men and women which does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
But I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few… — Anthony Bourdain 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
Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Being tolerant does not mean acquiescing to the intolerable; it does not mean covering up disrespect; it does not mean coddling the… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
