Abnegation Quote by Veronica Roth

“I tick off each quality in my mind as he says it -- fear, low intelligence, dishonesty, aggression, selfishness. He is talking about the…

— Veronica Roth

“Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful but passive; the Candor, honest but inconsiderate; the Abnegation, selfless but stifling.”

— Veronica Roth

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

— Pope Leo I

He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue…

— Laozi

Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite…

— Albert Pike

“Your weak side, my diabolic friend, is that you have always been a gull: you take Man at his own valuation. Nothing would flatter…

— George Bernard Shaw

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that…

— Laozi

“The philosophers say that the passions are too lively, too fiery; in truth they are weak and languid. All around one sees the mass…

— Charles Fourier

“How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his only skill!…

— Sir Henry Wotton

He in whom all this is destroyed, and taken out with the very root, he, when freed from hatred and wise, is called respectable.

— Max Muller

He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers…

— Samuel Johnson

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

— Mahatma Gandhi