"As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

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"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"There is something really good to say about humility. Being confident and humble is a great combination, maybe the best of all!"

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

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"Assume a virtue if you have it not."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

"Love can cause problem and love can heal humanly problems based on our virtue."

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."

"There is something really good to say about humility. Being confident and humble is a great combination, maybe the best of all!"

"Assume a virtue if you have it not."

"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

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"When all else is lost, the future still remains."

"Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity."

"The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it."

"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."

"The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess."

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

"Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."

"Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length."

"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."

"Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination."