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Virtue
«Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de corps and determination.»
Author: General George Catlett Marshall
| About:
Mind,
Virtue
| Keywords:
corps, elan, esprit, esprit de corps, loyalty, morale, state of mind, steadfastness, zeal
«Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.»
Author: Satchel Paige
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Power,
Praise,
Virtue
| Keywords:
blame, characteristics, cheered, excellent, grieved, powers, thoroughly
«One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.»
«Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
| About:
Modesty,
Virtue
| Keywords:
overrate, overrated, overrates, overrating
«One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.»
«Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Goodness,
Virtue
| Keywords:
dignities, mischievous
«No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.»
«Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| About:
Moderation,
Virtue
| Keywords:
in principle, moderation, temper, vice