Quotes About Virtue

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Los hijos deben ser advertidos de la condición de sus semejantes, si no se quiere que mueran en cuerpo o en alma. Los judíos tienen razón cuando declaran que el hombre nace ya pervertido. Sabiendo esto, los niños podrán decirse a sí mismos: "Con la ayuda de Dios trataré de ser mejor que mis hermanos y me esforzaré en alcanzar la virtud. Es mi deber tratar de superar mi naturaleza humana".

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

None of us are saints, but we can all try to be better. Each time you do something generous, you're shaping yourself into someone who's more likely to be generous next time, and that matters.

He understood how life was an undeserved bounty, how even the most virtuous were not worthy of the glories of the mortal plane. For him the mystery was solved, because he understood that everything in life is love, even pain, especially pain.

Men as righteous as we could not be judged harshly.

He understood how life was an undeserved bounty, how even the most virtuous were not worthy of the glories of the mortal plane.

Each time you do something generous, you're shaping yourself into someone who's more likely to be generous next time, and that matters.

Romans 12:17–21 tells us that the only weapon strong enough to overcome evil is good.

He who spares the bad injures the good.

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

Indulgence in frivolous speech not only reveals one's lack of moral character, but it deprives him of good qualities also.

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

As long as I did the good things associated with religion, I thought I was in good shape spiritually, too.

Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.

monotony is not to be worshipped as a virtue; nor the marriage bed treated as a coffin for security rather than a couch from which to rise refreshed.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.

Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.

No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.

Faith is the foundation of every virtue that strengthens marriage.

A prudent wife is from the Lord.

You gotta judge a man by his principles.