Virtues Quotes

890 Virtues quotes by 560 unique authors

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. — William Gilmore Simms
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that… — Jerome K. Jerome
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. — Quintilian
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon. — James Oliver
I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. — David Mallet
I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance. — John Burns
But what has America to boast? What are the graces or the virtues which distinguish its inhabitants? What are their triumphs in war, or their… — Thomas Day
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. — Quintilian
Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones. — Sydney Smith
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean… — Akhenaton
Social democrats are characteristically modest - a political quality whose virtues are overestimated. We need to apologise a little less for our shortcomings and speak… — Tony Judt
No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses a kind of… — Roger Rosenblatt
I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects. — Edgar Ramirez
The ecclesiastical writers, who, in the heat of religious faction, are apt to despise the profane virtues of sincerity and moderation. — Edward Gibbon
The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is, like class feeling, patriotism, save-your-soul-ism, and other virtues, a mean… — Thomas Hardy
You cultivate the essential virtues: high purpose, intelligence, decency, humility, fear of the Lord, and the passion for freedom. — William F Buckley
A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The… — Henry David Thoreau
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; Nonviolence,… — Bhagavad Gita
Presence ... reminds us of the important facts, lest they be forgotten -- the virtues of faith and the absolute need for forgiveness of one's… — Unknown Author
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices — Lord Byron
To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History… — George Orwell
Without courage all virtues lose their meaning. — Winston Churchill
Courage is not merely a virtue; it is the virtue. Without it, there are no other virtues. — William Temple Sr
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other — Samuel Johnson
Stimulate the heart to love, and all other virtues will rise of their own accord. — Unknown Author

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