Virtue Quotes

• The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1726). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation with Himself. Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker”, p.155

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• Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

  David Starr Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  David Starr Jordan (1929). “The Trend of the American University”, p.71, Stanford University Press

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• Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

  Indira Gandhi

  Forgiveness, History, Bravery

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• Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Happiness, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 08, 2009

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• The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Practice, Whole

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• All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Giving, Gold

  Plato (2016). “Laws”, p.315, Xist Publishing

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• Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

  C. S. Lewis

  Courage, Army, Bravery

  In Cyril Connolly 'The Unquiet Grave' (1944) ch. 31

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• Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Healthy, Harmony

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• The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Men, Thinking

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• Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

  Mark Twain

  Money, Respectable

  Mark Twain (1869). “The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress”, p.589

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• Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

  Victor Hugo

  Wisdom, Vices, Veils

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• The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

  Aristotle

  Life, Success, Philosophical

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• A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents. It cannot be created by having extraordinary advantages. It isn't a gift of birth, wealth, talent or station. It is the result of your own endeavor. It is the reward that comes from living good principles and manifesting a virtuous and honorable life.

  L. Tom Perry

  Good Life, Integrity, Character

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• Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Leadership, Honesty

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.324

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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.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

  Joseph Story

  Wise, Fall, Order

  Joseph Story (1834). “The Constitutional Class Book: Being a Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the Use of the Higher Classes in Common Schools”, p.154

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• When dealing with a difficult person, all that matters from a spiritual standpoint is how you react and treat the person. It's not about getting the other person to change or agree with you. Your spiritual growth is all about the way that YOU deal with the relationship, the person, and the situation. Even if the situation would justify you acting harshly, resist this temptation. Ask for heaven to purify and uplift your thoughts and feelings so that everything you do and say is aligned with Divine Love. This is the path and purpose of the lightworker. This is why you are here.

  Doreen Virtue

  Uplifting, Spiritual, Heaven

  FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Jan 31, 2017

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• Great necessities call out great virtues.

  Abigail Adams

  Inspirational, Retirement, Women

  Letter to John Quincy Adams, 19 Jan. 1780

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• Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.

  Joseph Joubert

  Giving, Soul, Flavor

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• Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

  Saint Augustine

  Wisdom, Fake People, Humility

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• What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.

  George Washington

  Integrity, Accomplishment, Gains

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.308

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• Our patience will achieve more than our force.

  Edmund Burke

  Inspirational, Patience, Strategy

  'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790) p. 249

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• Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Kindness, Sunshine, Grows

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1026, Library of Alexandria

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• Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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