Character Quote by Joseph Addison

“Man skills may win you man points, but manhood virtues win the heart of God. Virtue is much harder to develop than skill, and…

— Mark Batterson

“The idea that reading is a moral quality has unhappily led many conscientious persons to renounce their innocuous dalliance with light literature for more…

— Edith Wharton

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

— Sophocles

Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear…

— Immanuel Kant

Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards…

— Samuel Johnson

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

— Hans Christian Andersen

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

— Voltaire

The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in…

— Christine de Pizan

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim…

— Aristotle

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth…

— Ross Perot

Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

— Thomas Hobbes