Faith is the foundation of every virtue that strengthens marriage. — L. Whitney Clayton Copy Share Image
Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for. — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Virtue, like wholesome food, is better than poisons, however corrected. — David Hume Copy Share Image
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I’d give him a cup of coffee and a big helping of a knuckle sandwich. Generosity was a virtue and I was… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
You implanted your highest goal into the heart of those passions: then they became your virtues and joys. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions. — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanours, and faith quickly becomes cruel if it is not subdued by… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“She looks very virtuous and very melancholy." "Virtue is like the precious odors, most fragrant when it is crushed.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
In their admonitions to us, the Founders were very clear that to maintain a republic like ours, to maintain a constitutional republic… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just 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
Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm.… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Out of all virtues simplicity is my most favorite virtue. So much so that I tend to believe that simplicity can solve… — Ela Bhatt Copy Share Image
Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
One of the real dangers of loyalty is that it may become associated with certain types of group-think, chauvinism, jingoism, and thus… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
Any man or woman who neglects to maintain inward vigilance, and only makes an outward show of holiness in dress, speech, and… — Walter Hilton Copy Share Image
In this we see the wondrous virtue of the Lord: that the power dwelling in His body should communicate to perishable things… — Hilary of Poitiers Copy Share Image
Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. — David Mallet Copy Share Image
Familiarity with vice does not produce disgust, it produces attachment. — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is the homage that vice and wrong pay to virtue and justice . — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
