Quotes about virtue
virtue parliament humankind
We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it. John Adams
virtue one-thing
Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another. John Henry Newman
virtue prudence
Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence. Francois Fenelon
virtue grows humans
We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues. Madeleine L'Engle
virtue allowance esteem
Virtue is everywhere that which is thought praiseworthy; and nothing else but that which has the allowance of public esteem is called virtue. John Locke
virtue advantage virtuous
Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous. Joseph Butler
virtue virtuous fortunate
You're fortunate when you can afford to be virtuous. Malcolm Forbes
virtue masters should
We should make virtue our master, not our servant. Josh Billings
virtue saved can-do
No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do. Karl Barth
virtue courage-to-love greater
Courage is a greater virtue than love. At best, it takes courage to love. Paul Tillich
virtue offense rejecting
I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting it, taking offense at the beauty of it. Marilynne Robinson
virtue honour reap
Who sows virtue ought to reap honour. Leonardo da Vinci
virtue worthy
To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.
virtue guarded scarce
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel. Oliver Goldsmith
virtue tenderness
Tenderness is a virtue.
virtue glory whole
The whole glory of virtue resides in activity. Marcus Tullius Cicero
virtue imitation pleasure
It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense.
virtue respectable
Virtue has never been as respectable as money. Mark Twain
virtue fortune
Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. Ovid
virtue measure-for-measure
As Angelo discovered in Measure for Measure, nothing corrupts like virtue. Germaine Greer
virtue immortality ifs
There is no virtue if there is no immortality. Fyodor Dostoevsky
virtue distinction hard
It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot. Friedrich Nietzsche
virtue goddess getting-along
Society has sacrificed its virtues to the Goddess of Getting Along. John Ruskin
virtue chimes ifs
Or if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her. John Milton
virtue circumstances prudence
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
virtue
Virtue that wavers is not virtue.
virtue chimes teach
Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.
virtue nobility truest
Virtue is the truest nobility. Miguel de Cervantes
virtue injury higher
There is no virtue higher than non-injury. Swami Vivekananda
virtue
Freedom without virtue isn't freedom - it will eventually destroy a society. Rush Limbaugh
virtue mask dangerous
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue. Washington Irving
virtue
Virtue debases itself in justifying itself. Voltaire
virtue oversight packages
It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages. Will Durant