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The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901), “A Defence of Humilities”
One man with courage makes a majority.
Andrew Jackson1767–1845
- Courage
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.
Wayne Dyer1940–2015
- Charity
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Abolition of Man
A thing, moderately good, is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Letter to the Addressers (1792)
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
- Charity
It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
- Charity
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
- Charity
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one’s own efforts.
Thomas Paine1737–1809
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970
- Talking
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Thomas Paine1737–1809The American Crisis (1776), No. XIII
I believe in person to person. Every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
- Charity
- Christianity
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778Often credited to Daniel Webster
- Liberty
The humblest citizen of all the land; when clad in the armour of a righteous cause; is stronger than all the hosts of Error.
William Jennings Bryan1860–1925Cross of Gold (1896)