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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Quote by Thomas Paine about virtue, encouragement, praise

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

Quote by Maya Angelou about courage, virtue, nothing

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.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about moral, virtue, humility, soul

Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues.

Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, man

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about character, mind, being, things, man

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Quote by Francis Bacon about numbers, wealth, celebrity, stars, sky, light, man

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about judgment

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact...

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

Quote by Walter Bagehot about world

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only...

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Quote by Joseph Addison about prosperity

Men are more easily governed through their vices than...

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about man

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most...

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Quote by Aristotel about virtue

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

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

Quote by Aristotel about virtue, people

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

Quote by Aristotel about virtue, nature, habits, moral

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices...

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Quote by Winston Churchill

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I...

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Quote by Charles Dickens about excess

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the...

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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about gratitude

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you...

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about courage, haven, chance, use

I have always considered it as treason against the great...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about treason, nature, human imperfections, man

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about poverty, liberty, enemies, happiness, human imperfections

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