Virtue Quotes
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Virtue is always too much of a piece and too ignorant of those shades of feeling and of temperament that enable us to squint when we are placed in a false position.
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It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.
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When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse.
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The virtue of man is, in a word, the great proof of God.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.
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To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
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You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
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Indeed, until one tries it for himself, it is incredible what dignity there is in an old hat, what virtue in a time-worn coat, and how savory the dinner-table can be made without sirloin steaks and cranberry tarts.
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We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.
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The virtue of the imagination is its reaching, by intuition and intensity, a more essential truth than is seen at the surface of things.
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Virtue is indeed its own reward.
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Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.
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Reward is its own virtue.
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I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
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Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
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Virtue alone is true nobility.
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Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them.
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Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
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The beauty of the animal form is in exact proportion to the amount of moral and intellectual virtue expressed by it.
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Birth is nothing where virtue is not.
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Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.
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Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home foreclosures.
