Virtues Quotes

Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it nothing.

Virtues, talents and unique selling points are all what makes great people.

Live in a dignified way with nobility, pride, strength, and kindness.

Life is war. By implication, life in itself places humanity with the need for battle in the struggle for success

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

For a leader, courage, love, and passion for service are the virtues of life.

This essay is intended to serve as a reminder that immense and threatening divisions in mankind can spring from differences between virtues as well as from envies and greeds. When the virtues on each part are largely inapprehensible by the other, the danger is heightened by Man's natural fear of what he does not understand, and his inclination to suppose it not worth understanding. To attack it easier than to study. There are also, in this case of China and the West, intense and complex cultural vanities on both sides to be taken into account: vanities largely inexplicable the one to the other...

The Man of Power is one who presides—By persuasion. He uses no demeaning words or behavior, does not manipulate others, appeals to the best in everyone, and respects the dignity andagency of all humankind—men, women, boys, and girls.By long-suffering. He waits when necessary and listens to the humblest or youngest person. He is tolerant of the ideas of others and avoids quick judgments and anger. By gentleness. He uses a smile more often than a frown. He is not gruff or loud or frightening; he does not discipline in anger.By meekness. He is not puffed up, does not dominate conversations, and is willing to conform his will to the will of God.By love unfeigned. He does not pretend. He is sincere, giving honest love without reservation even when others are unlovable.By kindness. He practices courtesy and thoughtfulness in little things as well as in the more obvious things. By pure knowledge. He avoids half-truths and seeks to be empathetic. Without hypocrisy. He practices the principles he teaches. He knows he is not always right and is willing to admit his mistakes and say ‘I’m sorry.'Without guile. He is not sly or crafty in his dealings with others, but is honest and authentic when describing his feelings.

Amongst all the virtues, high awareness is the most precious one!

When the citizens of a nation have been made to love and adhere to values and virtues, then they make better choices.

The pagan, or rational, virtues are such things as justice and temperance, and Christianity has adopted them. The three mystical virtues which Christianity has not adopted, but invented, are faith, hope and charity. Now… the first evident fact, I say, is that the pagan virtues, such as justice and temperance, are the sad virtues, and that the mystical virtues of faith, hope, and charity are the gay and exuberant virtues. And the second evident fact, which is even more evident, is the fact that the pagan virtues are the reasonable virtues, and that the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and charity are in their essence as unreasonable as they can be…charity means pardoning what is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all. Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it is no virtue at all.

The virtues of your character is more important the public opinion.

Virtues should not be seen as a medium to please others, else, they'll always fall short. They should, first, be a medium of self-edification.

Our ability to choose is sacred. It’s what makes humans special.

If the churches, mosques and other religious centres could come together to embrace a nation’s value system, and then set out to disciple the nation in these values and virtues, then the greatness of such a nation is inevitable.

Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. I’m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I’d like to cut your chest open.” The crowd cheers.

Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.

Virtues are the internal qualities that allow us to be our best selves and enable us to lead complete and fulfilling lives.

Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.

Do you want me? I am yours.

The church must be involved in all the seven spheres of life extending the virtues and principles of the kingdom of God

What is a woman's greatest virtue?Patience.

th. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience.

It is virtues that make a man not prosperity.

You can't rush art." I crumpled another lost attempt and tossed it behind me. "Besides, patience is a virtue.""It's a virtue until it's a waste of time," he pointed out.The cello unleashed a few notes that sounded strangely bright for such an instrument, and Hal nodded in its direction. "See; even a musical instrument agrees with me.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

If you don’t believe in virtues and principles, then you are not building your life on anything.

In today's world, honesty has unfortunately morphed into an extremely expensive hobby...and is no more a virtue that it once was. By the same token, not everyone has what it takes to pay the price for indulging in it and maintaining it, relentlessly, under all circumstances.

I don’t give up on people, even when they give up on me.

Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule.

[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

Humility is an interesting virtue because if you don't have It, sooner or later it's given to you.

Realizing your virtues is based on your determination

The mind is an instrument made up of universal consciousness, egocentric consciousness, societal consciousness, along with education, values, virtues, judgment and wisdom.

Virtues are worth more than the material things.

There is nothing near as powerful in making a nation great like establishing values and virtues upon a nation.

Seek for illumination of self, and then the world, through the simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love.

Endurance is a good virtue.

Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't a sort of spoiled, self-righteous hypocrisy when one man obsessively commands other men not to judge without knowing the circumstances without himself, too, knowing their circumstances behind their judgments.

Yea... It's impossible to lead with true virtues if you surround yourself with praise singers... people who do not cheer you up, instead of cheering up your dreams!

There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.

Self-confidence and self-seeking are the greatest virtues.

Don't write your child's pages. Turn them with love.

I am Rabbit. I can be anywhere. I can be everywhere. I am outside time. I am outside dimension. Do you want me? I am yours.

It is difficult to understand the journey of a hero,” the whisperer said.

The virtues of character, behavioural patterns determine how great a nation and people are.

The leaders have the responsibility to protect and hold in high esteem the law and virtues of the land.

I do not admire the excess of a virtue like courage unless I see at the same time an excess of the opposite virtue, as in Epaminondas, who possessed extreme courage and extreme kindness. We show greatness not by being at one extreme, but by touching both at once and occupying all the space in between.

«It's true, Christian-like or not; and is about as Christian-like as most other things in the world,» said Alfred.

Unfortunately, we do not often see the advantages in the power of values and virtues. We are easily taken away by physical wealth, material possessions and the power of money.

Believe and be so strong in virtues like character, instead of looking for miracles.

Perhaps man was neither good nor bad, was only a machine in an insensate universe--his courage no more than a reflex to danger, like the automatic jump at the pin-prick. Perhaps there were no virtues, unless jumping at pin-pricks was a virtue, and humanity only a mechanical donkey led on by the iron carrot of love, through the pointless treadmill of reproduction.

A hero is someone who is selfless.

...Ah, but the Moon my Love is jealous, and can you blame him? You outshine him with your virtues...

Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived.

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.

To be involved in the seven spheres of life is to extend kingdom virtues

Not accustomed to entertaining angels, are we?” he asked.

The Weight of One Feather"Given.Many fear deathBecause they alreadyFeel ridden with sin,But no man on this earthIs filled with only white lightWithin.Have more faithIn our Maker,For our souls and mindsWere created by Him.Just remember that,When your deedsAre measuredBy the scale – The good sideMust outweighThe bad,And your heartMust be as lightAs a featherTo win.

But the days of true heroism are over, when a citizen fought for his country like a Fabricius or a Washington, and then returned to his farm to let his virtuous fervour run in a more placid, but not less salutary, stream.