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Virtue Quotes - Page 3

A man must commit a crime at least once in his life-time. Only then will his virtue be recognized

A man must commit a crime at least once in his life-time. Only then will his virtue be recognized

Girish Karnad
Men, Virtue, Crime
Girish Raghunath Karnad (1994). “Three Plays”, Oxford University Press

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

James Jones
Would Be, Virtue, Pessimist
James Jones (2011). “From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition”, p.943, Open Road Media

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Courage, Moral, Virtue

Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.

Muhammad
Islamic, Truth Is, Virtue

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

Joseph Addison
Liberty, Virtue, Eternity
Joseph Addison (1858). “Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works”, p.411

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

Jenni Rivera
Thank You, Virtue, Accepting
"NTSB confirms singer Jenni Rivera dead in Mexican plane crash", www.foxnews.com. December 10, 2012.

A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.

Ann Petry
Men, Shoes, Virtue

Those who stand in the way of virtue shall fail!

Liu Bei
Way, Failing, Virtue

Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.

Frederick Greenwood
Kindness, Common, Virtue

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Cato the Elder
Patience, Virtue, Fame

Virtue and vice are concepts invented by human beings, words for a morality which human beings arbitrarily devised.

Osamu Dazai
Vices, Morality, Virtue
Osamu Dazai (1973). “No Longer Human”, p.145, New Directions Publishing

It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Selfishness, Virtue, Difficult

What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own.

Giordano Bruno
Virtue, Testimony, Clear
"On the Infinite Universe and Worlds". Book by Giordano Bruno, 1584.

You are who you are by virtue of the company you keep.

T. B. Joshua
Company You Keep, Virtue, Company

If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.

Samuel Adams
People, Liberty, Virtue

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

Thomas Bulfinch
Allies, Literature, Virtue
Thomas Bulfinch (2012). “Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.7, Courier Corporation

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

Kevin DeYoung
Son, Ideas, Virtue
Twitter post from May 06, 2015

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

Justinian I
Mother, Virtue, Frugality

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

I. F. Stone
Memories, Long, Virtue

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Men, Punctuality, Virtue

Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.

Saadi
Pride, Ancestry, Virtue

Happiness is the reward of virtue.

Aristotle
Rewards, Virtue

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

Sun Tzu
War, Virtue, Crime

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

Heraclitus
Life, Speak, Virtue
Heraclitus (2003). “Fragments”, p.13, Penguin

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Edmund Burke
Inspirational, Patience, Virtue
'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 249

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