Virtues Quotes

"Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson." "Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more." "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others" "I have three precious things, which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men." "When we recognize the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born." "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others" "No one gossips about other people's secret virtues" "The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty." "Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues" "Nothing endures but personal qualities" "It has always seemed strange to me...the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness..." "The discipline of desire is the background of character."