Virtue Quotes · Page 98

The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

— Baron de Montesquieu

You have to make sure that [grants] reach people by virtue of their Identity Documents.

— Thabo Mbeki

Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.

— Zhuangzi

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

— E. O. Wilson

The virtue of Yankee upbringing spiritually speaking is of more downright value to me than any past heritages.

— Marsden Hartley

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

— Joseph Addison

“all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love. [19”

— The Catholic Church

Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters…

— Anonymous

Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a…

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then…

— Aristotle

How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Do away with negative thoughts about yourself and begin a path of self belief, self-discovery, and self-acceptance. What we think, determines our…

— Anonymous

To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The police officer who puts their life on the line with no superpowers, no X-Ray vision, no super-strength, no ability to fly,…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

Anyone can love a virtue, but a good human being is he or she who loves even vicious people. Everyone Loves the…

— Lokendra Singh

Sometime I'm going to do an essay called 'The Virtues of Amateurism' for all of those people who wish they earned their…

— Robert James Waller

Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs…

— Francois Fenelon

The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without;…

— Seneca the Younger

Family values represent the core values and guidelines that parents and family members hold in high regard for the well-being of the…

— Doc Childre

Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only…

— Aristotle

It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time:…

— Anonymous

It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Virtue would not make such advances if there were not a little vanity to keep it company.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Obedience is the only virtue that plants the other virtues in the heart and preserves them after they have been planted.

— Pope Gregory I

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

— Norman Thomas

The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

— Laozi

Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.

— Marquis de Sade

While the trials extend and the pain increases, patience becomes your virtue.

— Andrew Cervantes

Virtues consist not only of acting in certain ways, but in ways of caring and feeling.

— Allen W. Wood

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

— Edwin Louis Cole

He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves.

— Luc de Clapiers

all the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.

— St. Catherine of Siena

Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.

— Myrtle Reed

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds…

— Edmund Burke

A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.

— Hildegard of Bingen

The virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family.

— Tiger Woods