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Virtues Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he has to hold…
- Love, friendship, respect, admiration are the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the personal,…
- Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person,…
- There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from…
- There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of knowledge--Purpose, as his…
- Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency…
More Virtues Quotes
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man… — Francis Bacon
- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but… — Francis Bacon
- Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
- Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
- When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for… — Honore de Balzac
- Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as… — Annie Besant
- Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest… — Louisa May Alcott