Quotes about Virtues
It seems as if the Deity dressed each soul which he sends into nature in certain virtues and powers not communicable to other men, and, sending it to perform one more turn through the circle of beings, wrote "Not transferable," and "Good for this trip only," on these garments of the soul.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of hope and healing to those who have been marginalized.
— James Bryan Smith
In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We ought to be interested in that darkest and most real part of a man in which dwell not the vices that he does not display, but the virtues that he cannot.
— GK Chesterton
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope.
— Charles Dickens
Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
I think it must somewhere be written that the virtues of mothers shall be visited on their children, as well as the sins of their fathers.
— Charles Dickens
When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.
— Aristotle
Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.
— John Wesley
He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.
— Francis de Sales
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship and he who plants kindness gathers love.
— St. Basil