We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue. — Ivan Panin Copy Share Image
Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue's sake. — Sallust Copy Share Image
Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
You may be a well-educated, clever and virtuous person, but those qualities will not necessarily make you a successful businessman. You must… — Konosuke Matsushita Copy Share Image
There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind. — Thomas Sherlock Copy Share Image
Now stand you on the top of happy hours, And many maiden gardens yet unset, With virtuous wish would bear you living… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear. — Confucius Copy Share Image
May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman. — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
Happy season of virtuous youth, when shame is still an impassable barrier, and the sacred air-cities of hope have not shrunk into… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light, and therefore it is no wonder… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less… — Anna Letitia Barbauld Copy Share Image
