Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

Oskar showed that virtue emerged where it would, and the sort of churchy observance bishops called for was not a guarantee of genuine humanity in a person.

Good girls hold their heads high by daylight, Their grace and their virtue soaring with kites,While bad girls slink along in their shame-Everyone stares at them, everyone blames.But those bad girls sleep soundly at night,Ne’er...

… everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.

An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer.

They think virtues are man-made, only exist because they exist, but if no human had ever existed, The Virtues would persist for they hold their being from the very Presence of the Adversary Himself.

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

Examine the lives of the best and more fruitful men and peoples, and ask yourselves whether a tree, if it is to grow proudly into the sky, can do without bad weather and storms: whether...

She looks very virtuous and very melancholy.””Virtue is like the precious odors, most fragrant when it is crushed.

In a period when there were a lot of M&A heated activity they, by virtue of being in the penalty box, could not realistically look at anything because there would be a question mark as...

Hypocrisy a homage is true, That vice pays to virtue, Be man – himself so true, That no false does he brew.

It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.

The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.

People love super heroes. It’s true we’re impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero...

One very beautiful virtue one can master is to learn to ignore; to ignore perceived and intended slights no matter how infuriating they might feel. Not to ignore in anger, rather, to ignore with understanding....

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If...

Kindness is strength. Good-nature is often mistaken for virtue, and good health sometimes passes for genius. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one...

To be strong and true had been the most important task he had set himself since early childhood.Once, as a boy, he had tried to outstare the sun. But before he could tell whether he...

Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man’s independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a...

Who can find a virtuous woman?For her price is far above rubies.

Pacifism is a virtue indistinguishable from cowardice.

Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is...

When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or...

Woman’s virtue is man’s greatest invention.

Virtue is imaginative, evil repetitive.

The great mistake of contemporary life is that we have made such a virtue of intellectual growth while almost totally ignoring the necessity of conscience growth. We have failed to understand that individual evolution can...

Elaine: He saved my life twice. He’s the only grown-up I know who keeps his promises.Michael: Yes. It is a point of pride with him. But please — don’t mistake it for a virtue.

Two distinctive traits especially identify beyond a doubt a strong and dominant character. One trait is contempt for external circumstances, when one is convinced that men ought to respect, to desire, and to pursue only...

Don’t be led astray into the paths of virtue.

Good and great are seldom in the same man.

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we know that no lady in the genteel world can possess this desideratum, until...

Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.

Neeta showed us there can be as much virtue in the things we do not do as on those we do.

A loving mother makes sacrifices for peace and laughter to reign in her home and family.

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Wealth is not what you have for yourself. Wealth is what you share with others.

Courage is chief among virtues. For when any virtue is challenged, it is courage alone that can restore virtue.

The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered…it is not merely the vices...

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. -Oct 1986

It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this...

I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!” – The...

A man goes to a foreign country and kills somebody who’s not aggressing against him; in a Hawaiian shirt he’s a criminal, in a green costume he’s a hero who gets a parade and a...

.. is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for this, and in company with this, is anything truly bought or sold,...

Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.

The practice of that which is ethically best—what we call goodness or virtue—involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence....

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.

If this is vise I want no virtue….I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any...