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