Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [181-200] of 368 Virtue quotesVirtue QuotesVirtue Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?~ Jesus of Nazareth Among the innumerable mortifications which waylay human arrogance on every side may well be reckoned our ignorance of the most common objects and effects, a defect of which we become more sensible by every attempt to supply it. Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things when they are shown their form or told their use; but the speculatist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity, and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson Courage is the first of all the virtues because if you haven't courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of the others.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson [Censors are] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear their own weaknesses.~ Ernest Jones Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.~ David Starr Jordan It does not require many words to speak the truth.~ Chief Joseph The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.~ Immanuel Kant Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of all according to a universal law, it is the one sole original inborn right belonging to every man in virtue of his humanity.~ Immanuel Kant It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.~ Immanuel Kant You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.~ Garrison Keillor I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.~ Helen Keller Integrity is the core of our character.~ L. Lionel Kendrick A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers -- and this is the basis of all human morality.~ John F. Kennedy The act of voting is one opportunity for us to remember that our whole way of life is predicated on the capacity of ordinary people to judge carefully and well.~ Alan Keyes ...[A] prohibition on moral judgments against various sexual behaviors is a violation of the freedom, even of the religious liberty, of those who view such behavior as wrong. If we don't have a right to act according to our religious belief by forming judgments according to those beliefs about human conduct and behavior, then, exactly what does the free exercise of religion mean? Can the free exercise of religion really mean simply that I have the right to believe that God has ordained certain things to be right or wrong but that I can't act accordingly? Surely free exercise means the freedom to act according to belief. And, yet, if we are not allowed to act according to belief when it comes to fundamental moral precepts, then what will be the moral implications of religion? None at all. But if we accept an understanding of religious liberty that doesn't permit us to discriminate the wheat from the chaff in our own actions and those of others, haven't we in fact permitted the government to dictate to us a uniform approach to religion? And, isn't that dictation of uniformity in religion exactly what the First Amendment intended to forbid?~ Alan Keyes We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print