Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind. — Conrad Hilton Copy Share Image
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it. — Saadi Copy Share Image
Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err. — George Chapman Copy Share Image
If a man has no vices, he is in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Some situations may push you to become desperate but don't forget the virtue of patience. Keep practicing it. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a… — Boethius Copy Share Image
No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
It drives on with a courage which is stronger than the storm. It drives on with a mercy which does not quail… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
He who parades his virtues seldom leads the parade. He who puts up with insult invites injury. Health requires this relaxation, this… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As the Prussian historian Treitschke later complained, the proponents of free trade in Hamburg had 'in German fashion made out of necessity… — Richard J. Evans Copy Share Image
Over-sentimentality, over-softness, in fact washiness and mushiness are the great dangers of this age and of this people. Unless we keep the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
The Calormens have dark faces and long beards. They wear flowing robes and orange-colored turbans, and they are a wise, wealthy, courteous,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“Virtue is a form or expertise or skill, the knowledge of how to live well in every way which shapes the whole… — Patrick Ussher Copy Share Image
Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
According to great masters, there is no sin and there is no virtue. There is only one thing: that is awareness. If… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There may be an art to conversation, and some are better at it than others, but conversation's virtue lies in randomness and… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
