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187 Piety quotes by 146 unique authors

A good Christian cannot be a bad husband or father and, as this is equally true in everything, he who has the most piety will… — John Angell James
Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety… — Friedrich Schleiermacher
It is clear before God and man that the entire war on HIV and AIDS has not been waged with any degree of piety, responsibility… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Kings were wont to honour philosophers, but if I had such I would honour them as angels that should have such piety in them that… — Elizabeth I
It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor… — Francois Fenelon
However advanced a man may be in piety or age; he is still in danger of falling. — Charles Simeon
To collude in the minimisation of British history on the grounds of its imagined irrelevance to our rebranded national future, or from a suspicion that… — Simon Schama
Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us unite the two so long divided, knowledge and vital piety. — Charles Wesley
My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as… — Yasmin Mogahed
Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary — Pope Francis
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in… — John Calvin
An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier… — Alexander Pope
When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace… — Laozi
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues. — Thomas Paine
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it, and avarice possesses the whole community. The objects of… — Thomas Jefferson
He asks how the evil is to be remedied. I tell him that there seems to be little chance for avoiding the extremes of despotism… — Gouverneur Morris
Ours is a kind of struggle designed, I dare say, by Providence to try the patience, fortitude, and virtue of men. None, therefore, who is… — George Washington
Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly… — George Washington
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of… — Benjamin Rush
I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrage of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that… — James Monroe
Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government. — Benjamin Rush
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward. — George Washington
Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed to each regiment,… — George Washington
To secure integrity there must a lofty sense of duty and a deep responsibility to future times as well as to God. — Joseph Story

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