It has ever been my hobby-horse to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made. — George Sand Copy Share Image
“The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When dealing with a difficult person, all that matters from a spiritual standpoint is how you react and treat the person. It's… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
I'm a king without a crown, a scream without a sound, a master of disaster, and the sin to all religion... Always… — Jamie Timbre Copy Share Image
Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest… — Mike Svob Copy Share Image
“Doing the next "right thing" will always bring more genuine happiness than simply doing the next fun thing.” — John Bruna Copy Share Image
An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken;… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Frugality and economy are virtues without which no household can prosper. Whatever the income, waste of all kinds should be most sternly… — Isabella Beeton Copy Share Image
In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?"… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Of all the virtues related to intellectual functioning, the most passive is the virtue of knowing the right answer. Knowing the right… — Eleanor Duckworth Copy Share Image
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
I look to the diffusion of light and education as the resource most to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When the end comes, you will be esteemed by the world and rewarded by God, not because you have won the love… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude. — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image