Virtuous Quotes

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He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. — Thomas Carlyle
Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle. — William J. Clinton
The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action… — Plutarch
Once efficiency is universally accepted as a rule, it becomes an inner compulsion and weighs like a sense of sin, simply because no one can… — Clement Greenberg
Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard of… — William Graham Sumner
As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue. — Ivan Panin
As a whole forest becomes fragrant by the existence of a single tree with sweet-smelling blossoms in it, so a family becomes famous by the… — Chanakya
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer… — Saint Francis de Sales
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is… — Theodore Roosevelt
Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous. — Richard Steele
Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get. — Leo Tolstoy
I can at once become happy anywhere, for he is happy who has found himself a happy lot. In a word, happiness lies all in… — Marcus Aurelius
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however… — George Bernard Shaw
By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but… — Bill Gates
I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I… — Louisa May Alcott
There is a virtuous fear, which is the effect of faith; and there is a vicious fear, which is the product of doubt. The former… — Blaise Pascal
Il n'y a que deux sortes d'hommes: les uns justes, qui se croient peÂ cheurs; les autres peÂ cheurs, qui se croient justes. There are… — Blaise Pascal
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. — Benjamin Franklin
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great… — Benjamin Franklin
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. — Confucius

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