The merit of the cross does not consist in its heaviness, but in the manner in which we carry it. I would… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
We need to sacrifice something. And this is what I find lacking. We want to construct an image of ourselves as virtuous… — Payam Akhavan 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
Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous. — Wilhelm Stekel Copy Share Image
Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality. But finding this difficult, and preferring not toadmit it, it… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Sarah lied about me. I never made the offer which she said I did. I will not advise you to break up… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Evil men of every degree will use you, flatter you, lead you on until you are useless; then, if the virtuous do… — Henry Ward Beecher 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
Non-criminal sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the rarest of cases. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
Most Christians with bitterness have a need to justify their sin. They usually do so with virtuous names for the sin like… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
If, sir, men were all virtuous, I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. — Plato Copy Share Image
Those, however, who saw that one cannot attain wisdom and perennial intellectual life, unless it be given through the gift of grace,… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
When love's well-timed 'tis not a fault to love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
