Virtuous Quotes

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The law cannot make a wicked person virtuousâ€¦Godâ€™s grace alone can accomplish such a thing. — Ron Paul
Showing kindness causes oxytocin release in the recipient that motives him or her to be kind to others. You can start this virtuous cycle in… — Paul J. Zak
Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women. — Phyllis Schlafly
If there is any one thing most needed in this time of tumult and frustration, when men and women and youth and young adults are… — Ann M. Dibb
What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet. — John Keats
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man. — Joseph Addison
There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause. — P.J. O'Rourke
Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous. — Samuel Richardson
You may be a well-educated, clever and virtuous person, but those qualities will not necessarily make you a successful businessman. You must give your best… — Konosuke Matsushita
The people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, these are never the publicans and the sinners. No,… — Aldous Huxley
Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn democracy. It is… — Westbrook Pegler
There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive. — Thomas Jefferson
All in all, the framers would probably agree that it's better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can't be virtuous, they should… — Joseph Sobran
One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than an abundance of… — Vincent de Paul
In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in… — Vincent de Paul
[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the… — Iain Pears
To sum up: I am the man who when the concern pressed him and his way was straitened and he could find no other device… — Maimonides
The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous. — Confucius
And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all ages of the… — John Quincy Adams
To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing. — Samuel Richardson

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