Virtuous Quotes

458 quotes by 300 authors

You mean that people who continue virtuous in an old-fashioned way must inevitably suffer in times like these? — Robert Graves
A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself — Orson Scott Card
Nothing can be more notorious than the calumnies and invectives with which the wisest measures and most virtuous characters of The United States have been… — Thurgood Marshall
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the… — Samuel Adams
These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
...mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life. — A.C. Grayling
Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.… — C.S. Lewis
The notion is that human beings are born, (as my Guru has explained many times,) with equivalent potential for both contraction and expansion. The ingredients… — Elizabeth Gilbert
One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp, and another may commit a forgery by that very light; but the lamp… — Ramakrishna
The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free… — Confucius
I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path.… — Sarah Dessen
An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math,… — Thomas Moore
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. — Mahatma Gandhi
Married people dont look like they have bedrooms on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you… — Ayn Rand
I have always known that there were spellbinding evil parts for women. For one thing, I was taken at an early age to see Snow… — Margaret Atwood
What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a… — Deanna Raybourn
as a bird swoops down on it's prey, and assumes this land bound wretch into heaven, so did romeo steal her lips before they fled… — Anne Fortier
May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman. — Mary MacLane
The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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