Virtuous Quotes

458 quotes by 300 authors

It turns out that justices are also Godâ€™s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood. They are no… — Mark Levin
The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter. — John of the Cross
It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity. The… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? — William Shakespeare
For stories teach us, that liberty sought out of season, in a corrupt and degenerate age, brought Rome itself to a farther slavery: for liberty… — John Milton
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will… — Mark Twain
Keep children as much as possible by themselves ... keep them from company, good or bad. ... It will be generally found that the most… — Jacob Abbott
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint… — Reinhold Niebuhr
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his… — Samuel Adams
One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have… — Bertrand Russell
People are more willing to buy branded goods provided they are persuaded that they are getting value from them. And they need to be convinced… — Andrew Curry
The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful. — Nirmala Srivastava
After hunger, a human's most important need is to know what is virtuous. — Jerome Kagan
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and… — Aristotle
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections,… — Voltaire
It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential… — George Washington
Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of… — Benjamin Franklin
All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. — Iris Murdoch
A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the two, one with… — Saint Ambrose

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