The simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love is the invincible fire of transformation for healing the world.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

[I]t is the writer’s duty to write fiction which promotes virtue, the good, the beautiful, and above all, the true. … It is the writer’s duty to hate injustice, to defy the powerful, and to...

When I was a child, I thought,Casually, that solitudeNever needed to be sought.Something everybody had,Like nakedness, it lay at hand,Not specially right or specially wrong,A plentiful and obvious thingNot at all hard to understand.Then, after...

I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.

Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.

El lacayo pide; el digno merece. Aquél solicita del favor lo que este espera del mérito. Ser digno significa no pedir lo que se merece, ni aceptar lo inmerecido. Mientras los serviles trepan entre las...

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,...

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

Look how old you are and you’ve hardly made a dent in them. I’ll admit, you seem to have zeal nailed, as well as faith and temperance. Self control? I’ve got my doubts based on...

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

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

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

The goal of a life purpose is not what you will create, but what it will make you into for creating it.

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

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and...

Galatians 5:22-23 describes the fruit of the Spirit, which is “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Notice the verse does not say the “fruits” of the Spirit, but fruit. The fruit,...

Though I obviously have no proof of this, the one aspect of life that seems clear to me is that good people do whatever they believe is the right thing to do. Being virtuous is...

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

What is a woman’s greatest virtue?Patience.

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed. – p. 52

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...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

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...

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

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

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.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

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

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!

Great necessities call out great virtues.

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

Even if it were possible to cast my horoscope in this one life, and to make an accurate prediction about my future, it would not be possible to ‘show’ it to me because as soon...

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it, not as self-forgetfulness, but as a certain kind of opinion (namely, a low opinion) of his own talents...

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

Your least favorite virtue, or nominee for the most overrated one? Faith. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience.

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,...

Virtues are common, but the virtuous are very few. This is because ordinarily, people know but do not apply what they know. To break the culture, look for more information; learn more and apply more....

The unseen essential can be described in many ways and comes in many forms, but is always preceded by virtue.

I want to be a transitory fallen, lifted up by virtues every time.

Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.

. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.

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

Beauty is more popular than virtues because it is more visible than virtues.

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