Virtue Quotes

3568 Virtue quotes by 1599 unique authors

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue. — Confucius
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. — Jean Paul
Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by… — Emil Ludwig
One of the greatest virtues of gardening is this perpetual renewal of youth and spring, of promise of flower and fruit that can always be… — Edward Augustus Bowles
Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless. — Angela of Foligno
It is a virtue and a prize to listen patiently to and put up with insults for the sake of God — Brigit of Kildare
The power of God is effective when a person asks for the help from God, acknowledging his own weakness and sinfulness. This is why humility… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco
The thief who received the kingdom of heaven, though not as the reward of virtue, is a true witness to the fact that salvation is… — John Cassian
An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by… — John Climacus
We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force… — PZ Myers
The Bible in itself is not the Word of God. The Word of God is a person. Neither does the Bible have life, power or… — Robert D. Brinsmead
When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I believe to be… — Donald Bradman
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the earnest saint. It… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice,… — Ambrose
Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. If a… — Miyamoto Musashi
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of… — Thomas Jefferson
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The necessity for external government to man is in an inverse ratio to the vigor of his self-government. Where the last is most complete, the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations. — Bernard of Clairvaux
In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose Talents and Virtues… — Alexander Hamilton
The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in an unequal relationship. — Simone Weil

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