Virtues Quotes

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. Bertrand Russell
People Other Secret Virtues About No-One Gossips
When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born. Thich Nhat Hanh
Love Love Is Mother Beauty Virtues Earth Recognise Kind Some Born Something Talent Mother Earth Us Connection
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. Charles Kingsley
Work Best Strength You Will Virtues Hundred Diligence Temperance Never Self-Control Do Your Best Know Cheerfulness Forced Content Idle Being Which Breed Your
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. Aristotle
Virtues Liberalism Most Beloved
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Francis Bacon
Together Light Sky Men Seen Giving Stars Virtues Way Asunder Scarce Rather Small Faculties Like Make Which Little Customs Fortunate Fortune Number
When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives. Barry Schwartz
You Do The Right Thing People Crushed Virtues Right Thing Those Rely Undermine Because Discover Exist Want Anyone The Right Thing Then Incentives Who Actually Right Thing Desire Need
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. Elizabeth Taylor
You People Problem Virtues Some Pretty Generally Annoying Sure Going The Problem With Vices Who
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. Honore de Balzac
Love Women Men Nothing Crimes Our Virtues Everything Give Forgive Us Even Credit
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real. Klaus Kinski
Man Judge Virtues Mainly Real His Should
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Good Great You Genius Will Long Power Goodness Virtues Danger Gifts Finest Charm Spoils Conceit Talent Real Overlooked Little Them Modesty Much Many Need
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. Samuel Johnson
Happiness Great You Enemy Liberty Poverty Whatever Difficult Resolve Others Virtues Spend Extremely Great Enemy Destroys Some Makes Human Poor Human Happiness Certainly Less
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Reality Better Our Virtues Than Often Disguised Vices
Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues. Hrithik Roshan
Patience Mother Be Patient Patient Virtues
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. Joseph Hall
Virtues String Running Through Moderation Chain Pearl
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
Courage Virtues True Generous True Courage Most Proudest Strangest
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. Walter Gilbert
Science Independence Thought Virtues Skepticism
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. Abigail Adams
Wisdom Great Fruit Experience Virtues Penetration Out Retirement Call Leisure Lessons Necessities
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own. George Bernard Shaw
Silence You Men Own Other Virtues Imperfections Conceal Hear Your Choose
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. Guillaume Apollinaire
Truth Nature Unity Virtues Purity Subjection Plastic Keep
In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges. James E. Faust
Challenges Sum Sum Total Our Virtues Way Ancestors Ways Total Could Had Were May Us Many Each Strengths
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one. Jerome K. Jerome
Other Sympathy Our Virtues Faults Find Follies Touch Failings Each
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character. Jerry Bridges
Work Time Character Changed Our Virtues Spirit More More And More Developing Freeing Over Sinful Within Traits Being Whereby Sanctification Us Holy Holy Spirit Inner
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. Moliere
Integrity Heart Every Other Everyone Virtues Frank Would Would-Be Kindly Were Just Clothed Useless Every Heart
Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant. Saint Basil
Light Fall Repentance Others Neglect Virtues Slight Faults Strive Rather Remain Attain Most Make Although Greater Repair Quick Commit May Grievous Lesser Large Many Even Large Number Number
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. Samuel Johnson
Great Nature Man Human Nature Virtues Considered Great Republic Make Him Always Any Deceiving Human Republic Against Means Treason
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. Thomas Paine
Wisdom Yourself Endeavor Own Others Virtues Rests Through Praise Encourage Efforts Which Acquired Wholly
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