Virtuous Quotes

458 quotes by 300 authors

Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their… — Isabel Paterson
Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their… — Isabel Paterson
To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations. — William Penn
To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it. — Bertrand Russell
There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous. — Aristotle
Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous. — Joseph Butler
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
You're fortunate when you can afford to be virtuous. — Malcolm Forbes
It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament. — Jacques Chirac
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return… — Kenneth Bacon
The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thereâ€™s a virtuous cycle when people have to defend challenges to their ideas. Any gaps in thinking or analysis become clear pretty quickly when smart… — Joel Greenblatt
The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear. — Confucius
Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in the virtuous act… — Charles Bradlaugh
Just as the Salt Lake Temple took 40 years to build, stone by stone, you are building a virtuous life, step by step. — Mary N. Cook
Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens. — Thomas Jefferson
Stravinskys music, hard, cold, unsentimental, enormously brilliant and virtuous, was now the favorite of my postadolescence. In a different way it achieved the hard, cold,… — George Antheil
Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in its heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that canâ€™t be solved. — Gregory David Roberts

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