Virtue Quotes

3568 Virtue quotes by 1599 unique authors

Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the… — Charles Lindbergh
How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people. — Confucius
The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to… — Horace Mann
Every virtue inclines to stupidity, every stupidity to virtue; "stupid to the point of sanctity," they say in Russia, - let us be careful lest… — Friedrich Nietzsche
That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country,… — Jeff Miller
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence. — Francis Chan
When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue… — Charles Horton Cooley
Leave those vain moralists, my friend, and return to the depth of your soul: that is where you will always rediscover the source of the… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music… — Robert Fulghum
I suppose it was that in courtship everything is regarded as provisional and preliminary, and the smallest sample of virtue or accomplishment is taken to… — George Eliot
Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find… — J. Oswald Sanders
Love, like virtue, is its own reward. — John Vanbrugh
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice. These are the things that form the education of the world. — Edmund Burke
I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity. — Douglas Bader
One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. — Ambrose Bierce
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest… — C.S. Lewis
Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue. — C.S. Lewis
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency — Maya Angelou
Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand. — Robert Louis Stevenson
In the garden of the soul, the virtues of faith, hope, and love form the centerpiece. Traditionally called theological virtues, they come as free gifts… — Unknown Author
This is not a matter of virtue-it's a matter of my choosing to do the work of somehow altering or getting free of my natural,… — David Foster Wallace
The expansion of your own consciousness, love capacity, humility and compassion - this is the path; this is the way. — Bryant H. McGill
Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions. — Mary Collyer
What, after all,is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean. — Christopher Fry
Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is… — Henry Ward Beecher

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