383 Virtue Quotes for You to Enjoy

The First World War was a war devoid of any virtue. It arose from the quagmire of European tribalism: a complex interplay of nation-state destinies overlaid by notions of cultural superiority peppered with racism. Paul Keating

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I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things. Peter Morgan

Failure You Risks Sometimes Fall New Things Virtue Possibility Evolve High Constantly High Wire Fact Take Wire Exciting Idea New Because Got Occurs Off Trying Artist Just Want Interesting Act Things

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. Philip Massinger

Patience Virtue Find Shall Beggar Harbor Here

Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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My favourite virtue is not having any. Ram Gopal Varma

Virtue Favourite Having Any

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. Richard Mentor Johnson

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I have often thought that if a well-grounded affection be not really a part of virtue, it is something extremely akin to it. Robert Burns

Thought Affection Virtue Extremely Something Part Often Really

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease. Robert Cecil

Virtue Scandal Disease Avoiding

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself. Robert Dale Owen

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There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within. Robert Dale Owen

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At the end of the day, Americans are not so keen on ideologues, people who have such fixed positions that they can't see any virtue in the other side's point of view. Robert Dallek

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Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the time she re-spells my words and corrects my punctuation, I can't read what I wrote. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea. Robert Rauschenberg

Time Words Virtue Punctuation Correct Corrects Point Never Almost Idea Wrote She Read Up Very Stop Being Screwing Interesting Interesting Idea Momentum Right Things Assistant By The Time

Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947 about an incident that took place in 1914 - should a boy say he didn't do something, his father would believe him; a British father would take the defense of his son's honor to his grave. Roger Rees

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I type my sermon notes into my BlackBerry, then I upload my sermon notes to my blog, my Facebook page and some of the information to my Twitter account. That's 100,000 people I'm sharing the Gospel with by the virtue of typing it into my BlackBerry as opposed to writing it down. That is being efficient with my time. Roland Martin

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By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books. Ron Suskind

By virtue of the standing and prestige of President Ben-Zvi, some 3,000 manuscripts originating from Arab lands, some of them of major significance, have been deposited at the Ben-Zvi Institute. In contrast to the Aleppo Codex, most of these documents were donated willingly, in the confidence that the institute would protect and preserve them. Ronen Bergman

Confidence President Virtue Arab Prestige Significance Willingly Would Some Institute Major Most Protect Documents Were Been Contrast Donated Them Lands Standing Manuscripts Preserve

What I've learned by going out and playing smaller venues and being more in touch with people is getting feedback, just by virtue of being able to watch the crowd react and watch their faces instead of being blinded by 3,000 spotlights. I've realized that you can quickly get out of touch with your audience if you're not careful. Ronnie Dunn

You People Feedback Virtue Out Able Touch Faces More Crowd Smaller Instead React Learned Blinded Venues Audience Quickly Get Getting Going Just Being Realized Your Watch Playing Careful

Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together. Ruby Dee

Belief contains so many truths pertaining to God's Names and the realities contained in the universe that the most perfect science, knowledge, and virtue is belief and knowledge of God originating in a belief based on argument and investigation. Said Nursi

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Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man. Saint Bernard

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue. Saint Ignatius

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. Sallust

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