![The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to receive them, and this capacity is brought to maturity by habit.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-virtues-moral-excellence-therefore-are-engendered-in-us-neither-by-nature-n.jpg)
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maturity roots style
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root. Charles Caleb Colton
maturity goal childhood
My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity. Bruno Schulz
maturity expensive
Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive. Bill Johnson
maturity degrees kind
Every kind of science, if it has only reached a certain degree of maturity, automatically becomes a part of mathematics. David Hilbert
maturity maturity-level way
Juno MacGuff: I was out handling things way beyond my maturity level. Diablo Cody
maturity different today
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it 'maturity'. Charlie Chaplin
maturity use mature
Anyone with the maturity to surrender entirely to God is mature enough for God to use. Beth Moore
maturity psychological permission
Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility. Bill Vaughan
maturity mind belief
Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief. Baltasar Gracian
giving may novelty
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old, condensation to that which was diffuse, perspicuity to that which was obscure, and currency to that which was recondite.
giving enemy prudent
If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all; otherwise you will make more enemies by what you give, than by what you withhold.
giving credit world
Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.
giving opponents talent
He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents.
giving-up deep-water sea
Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought, first heaving from a calm, gives up its Dead Charles Dickens
giving missionary missions
True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads. Charles Studd
giving may gift-giving
You may have the gift of giving. Charles Stanley
giving-up believe belief
I have noticed that whenever a person gives up his belief in the Word of God because it requires that he should believe a good deal, his unbelief requires him to believe a great deal more. If there be any difficulties in the faith of Christ, they are not one-tenth as great as the absurdities in any system of unbelief which seeks to take its place. Charles Spurgeon
giving heaven littles
There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself-it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God.
excellence excellent performances
Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances. Bill Rodgers
excellence kingdoms might
Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.
excellence mediocrity our-society
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society Audre Lorde
excellence influence pursue
I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence. Deepak Chopra
excellence excellent
It's an excellent movie. Really excellent. Bill O'Reilly
excellence
We want excellence in every area. We don't want excuses. Kevin Wilson
excellence gold bars
There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence. Charles de Gaulle
excellence ornaments moral
Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth. Chanakya
excellence service teams work
When we find a problem, we have service excellence teams that work through them. Patrick Kane