Quotes About Virtues

Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one. Will [Hamilton] had concealed his well, laughed loud, exploited perverse virtues, and never let his jealousy go wandering [...] He was always on the edge, trying to hold on to the rim of the family with what gifts he had - care, and reason, application. He kept the books, hired the attorneys, called the undertaker, and eventually paid the bills. The others didn't even know they needed him.

He thought of the virtues of courage and forbearance, which become flabby when there is nothing to use them on.

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.

We all listen to two voices. One voice leads us to our vices. The other voice leads us to our virtues. One voice brings evil. One voice brings good. If you add a D to the beginning of the word evil you realize where vices come from. If you take away an O from the word good you realize where virtues come from. We all struggle with life at times. The key is to listen to the right voice.

All humans are imperfect. At times, the confident lose confidence, the patient misplace their patience, the generous act selfish, and the knowledgeable second guess what they know.

Life is in favor of those who are blessed with emotional intelligence, self-restraint, prudence, and positive behavior.

Always remember; be kind, be honest, be true, and all of these things will come back to you.

Essential qualities for successful life are sincerity, determination, integrity, courtesy, wisdom, humility and charity.

The most valuable things you can learn in life is patience and honesty... then watch your life blossom into something beautiful.

Its not the outer appearance of a person that defines who they are, but whats on the inside that counts.

The progress of civilization enables each one of us to manifest unsuspected virtues or new vices, which make us either dearer or more unbearable to our friends.

for they are produced whenever there needs to establish itself in the security necessary to its development a vice which Nature herself has planted in the soul of a child, perhaps by no more than blending the virtues of its father and mother, as she might blend the colours of their eyes.

Despite its many virtues and its enduring presence, though, a good deal of religious conduct cannot be tolerated by enlightened societies. Herein lies the problem – some religious conduct deserves freedom and some requires limitation. Ridding society of religion is no answer, and therefore we must grapple with religion at its worst and its best.

There is no strength but that which is destructive, because man has lost his virtues, and only respects force, which he himself cannot counteract.

Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has.

Notre grande erreur est d'essayer d'obtenir de chacun en particulier les vertus qu'il n'a pas, et de négliger de cultiver celles qu'il possède.

Man, as a purely natural creature, fairly educated, but wholly unspiritualized, is a mental composition of: Hunger, Curiosity, Self-Esteem, Avarice, Cowardice, Lust, Cruelty, Personal Ambition; and on these vile qualities alone our 'society' hangs together; the virtues have no place anywhere, and do not count at all, save as conveniently pious metaphors.

Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.

The system of capitalism, of the market economy, is a system of freedom, of justice, of productivity. But these three virtues cannot be separated. Each flows out of the other.

I thought it would teach them a thing or two about empathy, and friendship, and loyalty. As it turns out, Jack Will didn't need to learn any of these virtues- he already had them in abundance.

Self-study, self-exploration, self-empowerment these are the virtues of a great education.

Virtues are seeds of greatness. Virtues are habits of mind, heart, and behavior. They develop through deliberate practice. Forming of a persons character lies in their own hands. Wisdom, justice, fortitude, self control, positive attitude, hard work,integrity & humility are virtues which makes one a person of character.

Virtues are habits of mind, heart, and behavior. They develop through deliberate practice. Forming of a persons character lies in their own hands. Wisdom, justice, fortitude, self control, positive attitude, hard work, integrity and humility are virtues which makes one a person of character.

Enrich yourself with good values and you will never be short of confidence and honest friends.