To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“She would grace his home with her charm and beauty and she would make his bed joyous, all without ever having to… — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Common sense is so just an understanding that it rises almost to a virtue; in truth, it involves virtues and their participation… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
Women are hungry for things of the Spirit, for truths that counter the slide of virtues all around them. Visiting teaching is… — Bonnie D. Parkin Copy Share Image
Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . .… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify… — Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Copy Share Image
Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,'… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
1 - 2 - 3 To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's. William Penn… — William Penn Copy Share Image
For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up… — Confucius Copy Share Image
We document, explain, justify, construct, organize: these are good things, but we do not succeed in coming to the whole. But we… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Virtue is the master of talent, talent is the servant of virtue. Talent without virtue is like a house where there is… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her… — George Washington Copy Share Image
All parents want their offspring to be exemplars of virtue and achievement and happiness. But most of all, we want desperately for… — Estelle Ramey Copy Share Image
Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes; Great out of season and untimely wise: A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth,… — William Watson Copy Share Image
The virtue of Love is nothing and all, or that Nothing visible out of which All Things proceed. Its power is through… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to… — Marie de Gournay Copy Share Image
A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is fined; the more he… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues… — C. A. Bartol Copy Share Image
Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
All citizens including women are equally admissible to all public dignities, offices, and employments, according to their capacity, and with no other… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Some consider themselves great because they have vast territory, some because they have finance, some because they have arms, some because they… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
“Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is… — Ogwo David Emenike 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
“Virtue is too passive, too narrow. Virtue can motivate individuals, but for groups, societies, a whole civilisation, it’s a weak force. Nations… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
By poeticizing love, we imagine in those we love virtues that they often do not possess; this then becomes the source of… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
