Virtues Quotes

890 Virtues quotes by 560 unique authors

And what more should I say since it expels the whole host of the virtues from the chamber of the human heart and introduces every… — Peter Damian
So our virtues lie in the interpretation of the time — William Shakespeare
The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has… — Plato
To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice… — Thomas Hobbes
In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by… — Jorge Luis Borges
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as… — James E. Faust
Seek the truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues: courage, zest and modesty. The ancients put that… — Hugh B. Brown
To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure… — Pope John Paul II
Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ... — Mary Wollstonecraft
In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice, — Boyd K. Packer
The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the… — Christine de Pizan
When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity. — Martin Seligman
I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can… — Maya Angelou
Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed. — Hannah More
We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over… — Hannah More
The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who… — Ann Radcliffe
Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act. — Eric Zorn
For all their talk about the virtues of democracy, many incumbent politicians really don't like it when voters have a voice-not if that voice is… — Paul Jacob
The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices — Paul Valery

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