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virtue

Mark Twain
Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Reinhold Niebuhr
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe, as from our own. Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.
Russell Lynes
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
Saint Augustine
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Socrates
The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
Tacitus
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Theodore Roosevelt
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!
Thomas Edison
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Thomas Paine
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 always a vice.
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
William Jennings Bryan
The humblest citizen of all the land; when clad in the armour of a righteous cause; is stronger than all the hosts of Error.
Winston Churchill
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.