Virtues Quotes

890 Virtues quotes by 560 unique authors

Maybe itâ€™s not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as it is the sense of almost unbearably poignant recognition… — Michael Cunningham
Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If… — Mother Teresa
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others. — Aristotle
A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's lifeâ€”uneventful, unambitious,… — Louisa May Alcott
Conventions vs. spontaneity. This is a dialectical choice, it depends on the assessment you make of your own times. If you judge that your own… — Susan Sontag
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch one another and find sympathy. We differ widely enough in our… — Jerome K. Jerome
[...] Technology has tended to devaluate the traditional vision-inducing materials. The illumination of a city, for example, was once a rare event, reserved for victories… — Aldous Huxley
Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order,… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived. — Mark Helprin
Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to… — Edward Abbey
They all laugh. We all laugh. And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias's true faction. They are not characterized by a… — Veronica Roth
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their… — Ernest Hemingway
People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. — Haruki Murakami
I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. If you'd wanted the narrative line… — Margaret Atwood
Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon: Be it… — William Shakespeare
Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in a way that… — N. T. Wright
A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born… — Baltasar Gracian
Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. — Victor Hugo
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure.… — Ray Bradbury

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