The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Patience and understanding are two rarest virtue humans could have today. — Wazim Shaw Copy Share Image
“A mother has the best of all smiles; she is a wonderful friend, lover and adviser.” — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
Count it one of the highest virtues upon earth to educate faithfully the children of others, which so few, and scarcely any,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire. — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share Image
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The man or woman who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself. — Marjorie Holmes Copy Share Image
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If I say that Shakespeare is the greatest of intellects, I have said all concerning him. But there is more in Shakespeare's… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble,… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
the virtue of imagination has this in common with the virtue of courage. Without it, you are less good: with it, you… — Pamela Frankau Copy Share Image
Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Those subject to capital punishment are real human beings, with their own backgrounds and narratives. By contrast, those whose lives are or… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Perhaps the sexual life is the great test. If we can survive it with charity to those we love and with affection… — Graham Greene 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
It's important for celebrities, environmentalists and world leaders to continue to increase education and eco-awareness through the forums provided to them naturally… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Where is the reward of virtue? and what recompense has nature provided for such important sacrifices as those of life and fortune,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
We cheat ourselves in order to enjoy a calm conscience without possessing virtue. — Lambert of Maastricht Copy Share Image
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Our vices always lie in the direction of our virtues, and in their best estate are but plausible imitations of the latter. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Memory's vices are also its virtues, elements of a bridge across time that allows us to link the mind with the world. — Daniel Schacter Copy Share Image
If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
“What can promote innocent mirth, and I may say virtue, more than a good riddle?” — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal. — Democritus Copy Share Image
