As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence.… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“Reflect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics — John Adams Copy Share Image
Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong. — Chuck Noll Copy Share Image
If children had teachers for judgment and eloquence just as they have for languages, if their memory was exercised less than their… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We exist only by virtue of what we possess, we possess only what is really present to us, and many of our… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Virtues consist not only of acting in certain ways, but in ways of caring and feeling. — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Diversity is not a virtue. Diversity is a good only to the extent that it advances other virtues, justice or inclusiveness of… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
I am truly amazed that after all this time, religious groups still need to attack entertainment and use these tragedies as a… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
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