Quotes About Virtue

The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Spiritual maturity testifies of one's level of patience

There are no short cuts to Heaven only the ordinary way of ordinary things.

Be as humble as Moses, as patient as Job, and as virtuous as Daniel.

Patience that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service, and ennobles great and small alike.

The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.

To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Your words bring me joy. Let the two of us unite to bring forth a world of peace and virtue.

He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.

Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.

Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our future happiness and peace of mind.

When we do what is right, we have contentment, peace and happiness.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.