Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don’t want people to think that ‚Let’s Move‘ is about complete, utter deprivation. It’s about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one’s self on lies and fables.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one’s own religion.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart… Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

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

I only act from my heart.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

Sisters, do you realize the breadth and scope of your influence when you speak those things that come to your heart and mind as directed by the Spirit?

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.

Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.

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

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.