A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created… — Josiah Johnson Hawes Copy Share Image
Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, / And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. /… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous,… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics — John Adams Copy Share Image
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
as a bird swoops down on it's prey, and assumes this land bound wretch into heaven, so did romeo steal her lips… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We, at least, are not loyal men: we confess to having more respect and honour for the raggedest child of the poorest… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
My brothers, family of our nation, secured Kuwait shall be, and secured you shall all be from every evil and long live… — Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Copy Share Image
The mind of man can never be wholly barren. Through our whole lives we are subject to successive impressions; for, either new… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Americans rouse - be unanimous, be virtuous, be firm, exert your courage, trust in Heaven, and nobly defy the enemies both of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Belief fails when it works not well indeed but is idle as a sleeping man... Each virtuous deed is strong when it… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
