Virtue Quotes

3568 Virtue quotes by 1599 unique authors

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. — Benjamin Disraeli
Every virtue is a form of obedience to God. Every evil word or act is a form of rebellion against Him. This may not be… — Stephen Neill
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. — Peter Ustinov
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country… — Chester W. Nimitz
Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest. — Philip James Bailey
Humility and resignation are our prime virtues. — John Dryden
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be… — Aristotle
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all… — Edmund Burke
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy… — Ephrem the Syrian
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be… — Alphonsus Liguori
A talkative soul lacks both the essential virtues and intimacy with God. A deeper interior life, one of gentle peace and of that silence where… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their… — Aristotle
If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had. — I F Stone
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of… — Thomas Browne
Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children… — Henry Ward Beecher
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the… — Charles de Gaulle
There are some virtues to not saying what you think all the time. — Margaret Atwood
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. — Pope Boniface VIII
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. — Henry David Thoreau

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