Virtue Quotes

3568 Virtue quotes by 1599 unique authors

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. — Frances Wright
The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue. — Frances Wright
An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve… — Frances Wright
Sincerity does not only complete the self; it is the means by which all things are completed. As the self is completed, there is human-heartedness;… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Virtue is reason which has become energy. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those… — B. C. Forbes
For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. — Thomas Bulfinch
A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events that occur there.… — David Abram
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's… — Diane Setterfield
A virtue never tested is no virtue at all. — Billy Bragg
It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked — Susan Wiggs
I think that in the past, in the '50s and '60s, after the existentialists and beatniks and hippie movements, the big deal was, Don't sell… — Guillermo del Toro
Common sense has become an uncommon virtue. — Amit Abraham
You will find angling to be like the virtue of humanity, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of blessing attending upon it. — Izaak Walton
When everything that matters can be bought and sold, when commitments can be broken because they are no longer to our advantage, when shopping becomes… — Jonathan Sacks
So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The… — Edward Dahlberg
Faith is a term that makes ignorance sound like a virtue — Unknown Author
No one is infallible, and no one can claim a monopoly on truth or virtue. It would be contradictory for skepticism to seek to translate… — Paul Kurtz
The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of… — John Jewel
Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells… — Edsger Dijkstra
It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. — Elizabeth I
Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow proudly skywards can… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by… — William Hazlitt
The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it are openly… — Boyd K. Packer
No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change… — Spencer W. Kimball

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