Virtues Quotes

890 Virtues quotes by 560 unique authors

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them with impunity — FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld
You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more… — Harold Macmillan
Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go… — Sydney J. Harris
If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter — FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices — Benjamin Franklin
Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised — FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. — Winston Churchill
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. Elizabeth… — Elizabeth Taylor
The virtues you possess now bring you eternal pain. All you have is contempt for a life you can't obtain. — Hatebreed
I think Ive become more old-fashioned. I feel like Im already turning middle-aged now. Its quite nice to be doing a series of films [The… — Robert Pattinson
God sees us through our Mothers' eyes and rewards us for our virtues. — Unknown Author
I have sacrificed much to achieve peace. So too must a new generation sacrifice to maintain that peace. Responsibility! Duty! Honour! These are not mere… — Unknown Author
It's in the preaparation - in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call… — Diane Sawyer
It's in the preparation - in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call… — Diane Sawyer
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. — Cicero
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful. — Unknown Author
The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues. — William Ellery Channing
Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity; but… — Jeremy Taylor
Gratitude improves our life because it breeds other positive virtues and joys. — Kemmy Wwwamoreloveforlifecom
Patience is the queen of virtues. — John Chrysostom
Then seeing that we are not borne for our selves, but each to helpe other, and our abilities are much alike at the houre of… — John Smith
As rivers, when they overflow, drown those grounds, and ruin those husbandmen, which, whilst they flowed calmly betwixt their banks, they fertilized and enriched; so… — Robert Boyle

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