Quotes About Virtue

Ignorance is like a seed and where it is planted in the guise of a virtue, it becomes a weed that chokes the mind until all reason is lost.

Berns was vitally concerned about the philosophical ground of virtue in the individual, which was the necessary foundation of a decent regime. Jaffa was concerned with the philosophic ground of the regime, which he thought was the necessary foundation for individual virtue.

Epictetus was a living example of the Stoic philosophy he embraced, which placed great value on the dignity of the self and a graceful acquiescence to those things over which the self had no control.

The greatest virtue in Man is his undying sense of hope.

Only the weak make of their weakness a virtue.

Our virtues and failings are like force and matter, the moment force is gone man/woman is no more ......NIKOLA TESLA

Trust, which is a virtue, is also a habit, like prayer. It requires exercise.

Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta," Mithan said. "It means good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.

Only you could take one of my worst character faults and turn it into a virtue.

What's the good of one person clinging to his morals when everyone else is so corrupt? What's the good of that?

Social movements rarely succeed if they violate our gut sense of decency and moral proportion.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

A woman's elegance will charm you for days, her beauty will charm you for weeks, her grace will charm you for years, and her virtue will charm you for a lifetime.

Love has the mind of a sage, the heart of a saint, and the soul of an angel.

Humility is a virtue that one can find, in which God in heaven rejoices, and in His love he enfolds you, close to his heart He does bind.

Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods

Virtuous theologians work as God's stewards building God's home (1 Cor. 3:9), not masters building their own little empires.

There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young.

Keadilan tidak mengatur persoalan hidup atau mati. Kalau keadilan yang mengatur, tidak akan ada orang baik mati muda

Keadilan tidak mengatur persoalan hidup dan mati.Kalau keadilan yg mengatur,tidak akan ada orang baik mati muda.

The good will be welcome in heaven.