Virtues Quotes

890 quotes by 560 authors

A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients… — William Gilbert
Of these austerer virtues the love of truth is the chief, and in mathematics, more than elsewhere, the love of truth may find encouragement for… — Bertrand Russell
The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most… — Claude Bernard
To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because… — Oscar Wilde
War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience,… — Walter Bagehot
Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and… — Ronald Reagan
Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety. — H. L. Mencken
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. — Dalai Lama
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning "heart." Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's… — Rollo May
Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed. — Charles Darwin
Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also the… — Elie Wiesel
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. — William Blake
Astrology is a fact, in most instances. But astrological aspects are but signs, symbols. No influence is of greater value or of greater help than… — Edgar Cayce
If you're unlucky enough not to have alcoholic parents, it takes you a whole lifetime of intoxication to overcome the dead weight of their virtues. — Emile M. Cioran
By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in… — Ray Allen
True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his… — Therese of Lisieux
Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. — Bertolt Brecht
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. — Norm MacDonald
Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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