Virtue Quotes
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This fact, that the opposite of sin is by no means virtue, has been overlooked. The latter is partly a pagan view, which is content with a merely human standard, and which for that very reason does not know what sin is, that all sin is before God. No, the opposite of sin is faith.
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In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
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The allure of immodesty is not in what is seen but what is not seen. Modesty issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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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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By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed.
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The surest step toward joy in the morning is virtue in the evening.
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There is probably no one, however rigid his virtue, who is not liable to find himself, by the complexity of circumstances, living at close quarters with the very vice which he himself has been most outspoken in condemning -- without altogether recognizing it beneath the disguise of ambiguous behavior which it assumes in his presence.
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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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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
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The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.
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The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].
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So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die, Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough, And Virtue also says: We are not yet friends enough.
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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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I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
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That which is inherent in man is his virtue.
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Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
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Kindness is no common virtue. It is a rare gift.
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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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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
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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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Virtue hidden hath no value.
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Virtue often trips and falls over the sharp edge of poverty.
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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.
