Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.
Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.
Charity is not a virtue to expect in others only. It is the all-important Christian attribute to be found in ourselves.... We believe that charity must begin at home. Can we hope to be charitable to the stranger if love does not abound in the family A sure step in the direction of improvement and progress in our own lives comes when we share with mother or father in their dependence as they shared with us in their productive years.... We cannot as children ignore our obligations to our parents by passing responsibility for their care to others....
They wander around lost, trapped in the myriad bonds of Maya they do not sing the Praises of the Treasure of Virtue.
There was general consternation, if one can put it that way, especially amongst those people who knew little of Vice President Truman, about the new President Truman. From what I had heard of President Truman, I wasn't unduly disturbed because I thought that President Roosevelt's health had already failed so seriously, that it was simply a matter of time before there would be such a succession.
COURAGE comes out of the grace of the Lord, it needs generations of learning and struggle. Meanwhile you must start with the first step, the cleansing of the mind and the cultivation of virtue. Even if you do not start with that step, at least do not laugh at those who do and discourage them. Do at least this muchThen, do not depend upon others for doing your work like attending to your personal wants. Do it yourself that is real freedom.
A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard be-seems, Who, void of envy, guile, and lust of gain, On virtue still, and natures pleasing themes, Poured from his unpremeditated strain.
It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.
He cannot tempt to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles.
We speak much of tolerance as if it were the great virtue, but it does not go far enough. Who wants to be tolerated, just to be put up with Jesus did not say,'Tolerate your neighbor,' but instead He said, 'Love your neighbors.' Each person wants to be loved and appreciated and enjoyed for what he is and for what he can do for his friends and his neighbors.
Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, But harmful to those without discernment. Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so had he many vices he had two distinct persons in him.
Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.
Truth is the secret of eloquence and virtue, the basis of moral authority it is the highest summit of art and of life.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
... happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it....
I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he was very mindful of his role as a guest. He said something along the lines of, 'You all do whatever you are comfortable with.
Speech is clamped in the lips' vice.
if need be, take the vice president to the wood shed.
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
There's every reason to think he'll be on the ticket, ... It's a decision the vice president will make on his own.
Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.
It was not the vice president's fault.
It's not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue,
It was absolutely fine for me that the show was postponed. I thought the vice president was great, so I'll gladly give him the airwaves.
Statesmen...may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.... The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a greater Measure, than they have it now, They may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty.
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
We should all follow the rule of law, and I'm positive the vice president will do that and I think George Bush will do that, ... This Week.
Hatred is the vice of narrow souls they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
We will do what we can to be helpful. We will be talking to all the various campaigns. The president wants to play a role in the final two weeks of the election -- helping Democratic candidates around the country, from the vice president to the first lady to various congressional members.
Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons.
Verily, each of you is a mirror to his brother then if he seeth a vice in his brother he must tell him to get rid of it.
To struggle against a fault increases its power, keeps our attention riveted on its presence, and brings us a battle indeed. To forget the failing and consciously to strive to develop a virtue which would make the former impossible, this is true victory.
God blesses them with the treasure of devotional worship, which no one can take away. They obtain the treasure of virtue, the One True Lord, within their minds.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.
So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven't realised.
The rich man ... is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.
That from the heart come good thoughts and bad thoughts is the message of the Savior. By the right choice, and through application of thought, man ascends to divine perfection by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beasts. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character and man in their maker and master. Jesus taught that from within the heart of man come evil thoughts, sexual vice, acts of theft, murder, adultery, greed. When men commit these crimes individually or collectively, they trespass upon human rights and, of course, bring misery into the world. A noble and godlike character is no thing of favor or chance, but is a natural result of continued effort and right thinking, the effect of long cherished associations with godlike thoughts.
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
Every man has his appointed day life is brief and irrevocable but it is the work of virtue to extend our fame by our deeds.
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