Virtue Quotes

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The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit. — Confucius
What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence. — Confucius
The seizure of passionate love can be, in such a context, only illicit, breaking in upon the order of one's dutiful life in virtue as… — Joseph Campbell
We are not very pleased when we are forced to accept a mathematical truth by virtue of a complicated chain of formal conclusions and computations,… — Hermann Weyl
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer… — Walter Bagehot
I have known good and evil, sin and virtue, right and wrong; I have judged and been judged; I have passed through birth and death, Joy and sorrow, heaven… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Art of Peace is based on four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water. — Morihei Ueshiba
THE PATH IS exceedingly vast. From ancient times to the present day, even the greatest sages were unable to perceive and comprehend the entire truth;… — Morihei Ueshiba
Twenty-four hours a day one looks for contentment in eight different directions but one must also explore the ninth place, which is to their own… — Guru Angad
There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government. ... The more… — James Bovard
Put very simply, Satan's power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have… — Watchman Nee
There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude. — Sarada Devi
And yet, or just for this reason, it's so fascinating to be a woman. It's an adventure that takes such courage, a challenge that's never… — Oriana Fallaci
All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil. — Thomas Malthus
Mercy can purge the soul of sin, making room for a fresh start. Truth is vital in order that we have an unvarying standard by… — Neal A. Maxwell
The growth of all the plants of the garden from seeds and roots keep us mindful, in accordance with of the Parable of the Sower,… — John Stokes
The highest virtue is always against the law. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law. — John Milton
Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There is virtue yet… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of very indifferent nutriment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue. — Samuel Williams
In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people… — Samuel Williams
The virtues which keep this world sweet and the faithfulness which keeps it steadfast are chiefly those of the average man. The danger of the… — Walter Russell Bowie

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