Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Forget happiness. You were called to a throne. How will you prepare for it? That is the question of virtue, Christian style.” — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
The gods in Yoruba mythology are not remote at all. They're benign, they're malign, they are mischievous, like Eshu for instance, tricksters,… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones. — Margaret of Valois Copy Share Image
Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The divine element manifests itself (or show up) in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for… — African Spir Copy Share Image
No piled-up wealth, no social station, no throne, reaches as high as that spiritual plane upon which every human being stands by… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Q.Do you have any positive message, in your opinion? A.Indeed I do think that I do. Q.Such as what? A.The crying, almost… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I wished to acquire the simplicity, native feelings, and virtues of savage life; to divest myself of the factitious habits, prejudices and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Honesty, like any inclination, can become a ruling passion, a monomania almost.” — Sena Jeter Naslund Copy Share Image
To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility - the spiritual cornerstone upon which Karate rests - serve… — Matsumura Sokon Copy Share Image
