Virtues Quotes

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Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them… — Edmund Burke
Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating… — Samuel Adams
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. — Oliver Goldsmith
The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side; it has revealed to us much about manâ€™s… — Abraham Maslow
Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal… — Jacques Maritain
We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still… — William James
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings. — Hannah Arendt
We live by revelations, as Christians, as artists, which means we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The minute we begin… — Madeleine L'Engle
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of… — William Gilmore Simms
For in order for capitalism to work -- in order for it to produce a good and a stable society -- the traditional Christian virtues… — Antonin Scalia
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. — Walter Gilbert
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to… — Olympe de Gouges
I believe that saying a thing is to keep its virtues and take away its terror. — Fernando Pessoa
If we can implant in our people the Christian virtues which we sum up in the word character, and, at the same time, give them… — Unknown Author
The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to… — Horace Mann
That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country,… — Jeff Miller
Leave those vain moralists, my friend, and return to the depth of your soul: that is where you will always rediscover the source of the… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity. — Douglas Bader
One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. — Ambrose Bierce
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest… — C.S. Lewis

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