Complicated Quote by Samuel Johnson

Invariably will you find perseverance exemplified as the radical principle in every truly great character. It facilitates, perfects, and consolidates the execution of the…

— Elias Lyman Magoon

In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful…

— Vincent de Paul

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if…

— Albert Schweitzer

One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which…

— Joshua Reynolds

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

— Abraham Lincoln

What do you want to avoid? Such an easy answer: sloth and unreliability. If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're…

— Charlie Munger

Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

— Judith Martin

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.

— W. H. Murray

“first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle;  if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on…

— Sun Tzu

In the approach to virtue there are many steps.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtuous behavior is when one's motivations are aligned with one's reasoned aims: to do what one knows is best and to do it gladly.

— Doctor Anil Sinha