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