#virtue

My purpose is to inspire people of all walks of life to discover the virtue inherent within them and to bring forth that virtue in their daily lives. ↗

— William Shirley

#daily #daily lives #discover #forth #inherent

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#men #racism #separates #them #unite

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#another #economic #had #hard #hard work

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#best #fatal #first #mental #tact

Modesty is the color of virtue. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#modesty #virtue

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. ↗

— Shinichi Suzuki

#beauty #direction #life #look #love

To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin. ↗

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

#longer #miss #say #shame #sin

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #measure #misfortune #pleasure

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#every #ingredient #reward #unto #virtue

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#disposition #esteem #general #glory #happy