Virtues Quotes

890 Virtues quotes by 560 unique authors

Avoid places that disturb your mind, and always remain where your virtues increase. — Atisa
A man's word and his intestinal fortitude are two of the most honorable virtues known to mankind. — Jim Nantz
We need justice. We need toleration, honesty and moral courage. These are modern virtues without which we cannot hope to control the forces science has… — Unknown Author
Honesty is the foundation of a sound character and the keystone of all other virtues. It is the cement without which all other redeeming features… — William Grant Bangerter
Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild. — Stephen Covey
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of; it heightens… — Joseph Addison
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put. — Mignon McLaughlin
Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let… — Wilford Woodruff
The genius of American culture and its integrity comes from fidelity to the light. Plain as day, we say. Happy as the day is long.… — Richard Rodriguez
The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be several human excellences… — Aristotle
Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies; love for those… — Pope John Paul II
It is certain that stealing nourishes courage, strength, skill, tact, in a word, all the virtues useful to a republican system and consequently to our… — Marquis de Sade
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. — George Farquhar
In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged. Let us not… — David E. Sorensen
Ignorance has its virtues; without it there'd be mighty little conversation. — Sophia Loren
If we don't love ourselves, we would not love others. When someone tell you to love others first, and to love others more than ourselves;… — Ching Hai
By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not… — Unknown Author
Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. — William Shenstone
Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this. — Holbrook Jackson
I feel that whatever virtues the novel may have are very much connected with the limitations you mention. I am not writing a conventional novel,… — Flannery O'Connor
I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature. ... The… — Mark Twain
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of… — Satchel Paige
Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place. — Mahatma Gandhi

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