Virtue Quotes
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Authorship is, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, a virtue.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.
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Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
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We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.
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Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
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There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.
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The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.
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By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
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It was one thing to go to the end of the world; it was quite another thing to make oneself at home there. Even respectability seemed to lose some of its virtue when one practiced it in a tent.
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The divine element manifests itself (or show up) in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for virtue. True morality, true philosophy and true art are in their essence ("dans leur essence", Fr.) religious."
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Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by action. If this be true, not only do the doctrines of wisdom help us but the precepts also, which check and banish our emotions by a sort of official decree.
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What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community.
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In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
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There is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists . . . an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness.
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I have a tendency, after a play of mine is produced, to look back on it disparagingly, seeing only its faults; before production, I see only its virtues.
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If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.
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Everyone needs resilience. It's a virtue essential to growth and essential to happiness.
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What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.
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The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.
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Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.
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The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.
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Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?
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A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.
