Character Quote by Benjamin Franklin

There are few instances of the exercise of particular virtues which seem harder to attain to, or which appear more amiable and engaging in…

— Laurence Sterne

The renunciation of doing harm is the perfection of discipline

— Shantideva

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

— Mason Cooley

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

— Tacitus

“Moderation leads to Mediocrity, Intensity leads to Excellence.”

— Suleman Abdullah

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Highly competitive athletes like Ginny Gilder have a gift for tolerating pain and ignoring adversity. They accept these things as the price they pay…

— Tori Murden

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

— Seneca the Younger

Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit.

— Nikos Kazantzakis

A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“Moderation: a median with no means, praised by those with no misfortunes, practiced by those with no merits.”

— Bauvard

Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.

— Friedrich Nietzsche