51 quotes
“There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.”
— Joseph Addison
“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.”
— Voltaire
“The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.”
— Yajnavalkya
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”
— Virgil
“Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.”
— Confucius
“Peace is not an absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence.”
— Baruch Spinoza
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues are created.”
— Winston Churchill
“Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure.”
“Have benevolence towards all living beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted.”
— Mahavira
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.”
— John Rawls
“If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; if well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“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
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.”
— Unknown
“Patience is the companion of wisdom, and hope is its handmaid.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.”
— Sophocles
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
— Aristotle
“There is no happiness in a family where virtue has no place.”
“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”
“Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man; the sage is one who also acts rightly.”
— Seneca
“Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues in family but the parent of all the others.”
— Cicero
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be just be one”
“Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all.”
“Peace is not the absence of war but a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence and justice.”
— Spinoza
“True happiness arises from the good use of all the powers of the soul applied to good objects.”
— François Fénelon
“Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself.”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
“Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others.”
“Courage is the political virtue par excellence.”
— Hannah Arendt
“Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.”
“He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star.”
“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
— Socrates
“What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.”
— Sappho
“To bear lightly what needs must be is a great virtue.”
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man.”
— George Washington
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.”
“Peace is not an absence of war it is a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice”
“Disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history is mans original virtue”
— Oscar Wilde
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