Virtue Quotes

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A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined. — Ann Petry
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
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal. — Horace Mann
It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion. — Dalai Lama
Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing. — St. Catherine of Siena
We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that… — Will Durant
The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue. — Henry David Thoreau
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,… — Alexander Pope
Evil comes to all us men of imagination wearing as its mask all the virtues. — William Butler Yeats
I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade-or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men,… — Belva Ann Lockwood
Historical chronology, human or geological, depends... upon comparable impersonal principles. If one scribes with a stylus on a plate of wet clay two marks, the… — M. King Hubbert
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind.… — Gautama Buddha
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk… — Gautama Buddha
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. — Gautama Buddha
Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. — Silius Italicus
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not… — Isaac of Nineveh
Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take pride… — Mike Aquilina
Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy. — Gautama Buddha
Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume. — Gautama Buddha
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. — Plato
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to… — Plato
Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this… — Plato
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and… — Plato
Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

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