Virtues Quotes

890 quotes by 560 authors

There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never know beyond its hallowed limits. — Robert Southey
Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing. Though it carries the woman… — David O. McKay
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
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
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
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
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
Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
Humility and resignation are our prime virtues. — John Dryden
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
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
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
If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had. — I F Stone
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
Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because… — Alexander the Great

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