Quotes having the keyword Virtue
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
by John Webster (Playwright, English , born in 1578) keywords: actions, arguments, examples, happy, his, man, most, own , virtue In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: attention, humility, intellectual, less, more, nor, nothing, order, power, than , virtue Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: domain, else, genius, humility, nothing, real, supernatural, thought , virtue The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
by Paul Wellstone (Politician, American , born in 1944) keywords: already, believe, bring, consciousness, experiences, first, personal, society, students, task, teaching, their, themselves , virtue True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: brutal, courage, firm, force, heroes, reason, resolve, true, virtue , vulgar Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: aim, alone, ambition, best, employed, enjoyed, fame, labour, mankind, most, obtained, share, source, then, true, virtue , wisdom Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
by William Whitehead (Poet, English , born in 1715) keywords: aim, alone, ambition, best, employed, enjoyed, fame, labour, mankind, most, obtained, share, source, then, true, virtue , wisdom Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
by Mary Wollstonecraft (Writer, British , born in 1759) keywords: barren, basis, blessing, considered, contracting, ever, every, grand, heath, independence, life, live, long, secure, though, virtue, wants, were , will Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.
by Mary Wollstonecraft (Writer, British , born in 1759) keywords: attain, degraded, despise, enjoy, freedom, last, moment, present, propensity, struggle, sufficient, virtue, which , women We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.
by Wilhelm Wundt (Psychologist, German , born in 1832) keywords: any, concepts, does, honour, into, our, reason, speak, substance, these, thought, translate , virtue Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: growing, growth, happiness, happy, neither, nor, pleasure, simply, thing , virtue Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.
by Frank Zappa (Musician, American , born in 1940) keywords: believe, believes, everybody, existence, fact, own, something, support, their, uses , virtue
