Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the… — John Gay Copy Share Image
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I, methought, while the sweet breath of heaven Was blowing on my body, felt within A correspondent breeze, that gently moved With… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
We hate virtue when it is safe; when removed from our sight we diligently seek it. [Lat., Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatum ex… — Horace Copy Share Image
Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest. — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Abstract qualities begin With capitals alway: The True, the Good, the Beautiful- Those are the things that pay! — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
I think when you're writing prose there's a lot of attendant description and that's were I used to really go bananas. With… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
The true end of education is not only to make the young learned, but to make them love learning; not only to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Virtues are habits of mind, heart, and behavior. They develop through deliberate practice. Forming of a persons character lies in their own… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
"Virtue," he said. "The real thing. It's not some kind of cuddly teddy bear you can keep on the shelf until you… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
