Character Quote by Edward Abbey Download Open image “A man is not aware of his virtues (if any). Nevertheless, one hopes that they exist.” — Edward Abbey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Ifs Inspirational Love Men Nevertheless Virtue
“They think virtues are man-made, only exist because they exist, but if no human had ever existed, The Virtues would persist for they hold… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying historturer but not of keeping his temper. — Gilbert Keith Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Little men,” he once said, “spend their days in pursuit of such things. I know from experience that at the moment of their deaths… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not. — Plato Copy Share Image
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The esteem of wise and good men is the greatest of all temporal encouragements to virtue; and it is a mark of an abandoned… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let his heart be true and unflinching, let his life be pure, and, if we add to these humility, he is protected against a multitude of weaknesses and can resist a host of temptations. We all… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Except for the scale of the operation, there was nothing unusual about Hitler's massacre of the Jews. Genocide's an old tradition, as human as… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
By the age of eighteen, a human has acquired enough joy and heartache to provide the food of reflection for a century. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Our institutions are too big; they represent not the best but the worst characteristics of human beings. By submitting to huge hierarchies of power,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
No man-made structure in all of American history has been hated so much, by so many, for so long, with such good reason, as… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“But why, the questioner insists, why do people like you pretend to love uninhabited country so much? Why this cult of wilderness? Why the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Me, I'm living under a sword too, as Jack may have told you. An old wino's disease, which could lay me in the grave… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
