Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Fighting corruption will only be effective when we attack its real cause: the materialism that distorts our virtues.” — Victor Bello Accioly Copy Share Image
We ought to be interested in that darkest and most real part of a man in which dwell not the vices that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“To become a leader through one’s merit karma is not a big deal. One should become a leader through his virtues [innate… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-night useless, since their… — Moliere Copy Share Image
“I do not admire the excess of a virtue like courage unless I see at the same time an excess of the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Nothing will be beyond our reach when we make the flames of creating positive deeds flare up across the country with the… — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“A true sister warrior is well trained and physically strong, but she is also dedicated to practicing the five godly virtues—obedience, service,… — Emily R. King Copy Share Image
In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance. — John Burns Copy Share Image
Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community. — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I am not an atheist or a believer or even a satanist. What am I? I am just me with all my… — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
“If you want your sins to be “covered” by the Lord (Ps. 32.1), do not parade your virtues before others. God will… — Thomas Mitrakos Copy Share Image
Britain is not homogenous; it was never a society without conflict. The English fought tooth and nail over everything we know of… — Stuart Hall Copy Share Image
We're constantly told that all cultures are equal, and that every belief system is as good as the next. And it led… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
You see, as I go along, I've come to consider bravery as just about the most pernicious of virtues. Bravery is a… — James Jones Copy Share Image
As you come to seek and see the virtues and strengths and nobilities of others, you begin to seek and see them… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
One of the great business virtues of high publishing was that it was a difficult business to enter. You had to stand… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Let us then, by all means, be proud of the virtues that we have not got; but let us not be too… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck - to pay up, to own up, and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of seeming to be what he depises. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind and illumined in every part, our very virtues are but taught practices… — William Law Copy Share Image