Quoty: quotes tagged with 'virtue' Quoty search results for tag: virtue http://www.quoty.org/tag/virtue On the other hand, surely what a man does when...On the other hand, surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth? If there are rats in a cellar you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats: it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way the suddenness of the provocation does not make me an ill-tempered man it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am. The rats are always there in the cellar, but if you go in shouting and noisily they will have taken cover before you switch on the light.


Author: C. S. Lewis, Source: Mere Christianity, Book 4, Chapter 29
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http://www.quoty.org/quote/3960
Real charity is not something you give away; it...Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. And when the virtue of charity becomes implanted in your heart, you are never the same again. It makes the thought of being a basher [critical or verbally abusive] repulsive.


Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other.


Author: Elder Marvin J. Ashton, Source: http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1992.h...
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http://www.quoty.org/quote/3861
A statesman is a certain type of leader, one wh...Author: Shawn Ercanbrack, Source: Quoted in "A Thomas Jefferson Education", p. 129
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http://www.quoty.org/quote/3437
The virtue of tolerance has been distorted and ...Author: Boyd K. Packer, Source: BYU Women’s Conference, May 5, 2006
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http://www.quoty.org/quote/3237
You can do philosophy sitting on your caboose, ...Author: Joseph S. Hogan, S.J., Source: Unknown
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Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is ...Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: unknown
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The real key for parents, then, lies in teachin...
For instance, it seems illogical to expect a youngster to feel uncomfortable about watching R-rated films on the sly if Mom and Dad bring R-rated videocassettes home for their private viewing. Justifications like “Well, it won an Oscar” or “There’s only one little scene (or word, or grotesque special effect) that gave it an R-rating” are just that: justifications, hollow excuses for going contrary to the Spirit of Christ. Never mind that Mom and Dad won’t allow the kids to watch the show with them. The only thing that particular limitation teaches is that it’s okay to assault your values with video violence, profanity, and sexuality, as long as you’re an adult.

No scriptural or doctrinal support exists for such double standards. There are only admonitions to “let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly” (D&C 121:45) and reminders such as the thirteenth article of faith that Latter-day Saints should seek after things “virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy.”


Author: Joseph Walker, Source: Joseph Walker, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, Sept. 1990, 72: ht...
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http://www.quoty.org/quote/2746
Neutrality in the teaching of values can only l...Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: Speech given at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 25, 1998
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I wish today to speak of forgiveness. I think i...
In all of our sacred scripture, there is no more beautiful story of forgiveness than that of the prodigal son found in the 15th chapter of Luke. Everyone should read and ponder it occasionally.
Author: President Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: Forgiveness, General Conference, October 2005
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Recently, I embarked on that same hike in the T...
As you climb the mountains of life, stay on the path of virtue. There will be others to help you—your parents, family members, bishops, advisers, and righteous friends of all ages. And if you are weary or take a wrong turn, change your direction and get back on the path of virtue. Always remember that the Savior is there for you. He will enable you to repent, strengthen you, lighten your burdens, dry your tears, comfort you, and continue to help you stay on the path.
Author: Elaine S. Dalton, Source: Stay on the Path, General Young Women Meeting, March 24, 2007
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The ways of the world receive constant reinforc...Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: "Not My Will, But Thine” (1988), 133–34
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The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, an...Author: George Washington, Source: Letter to George Chapman, December 15, 1784
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If we are not serving Jesus, and if he is not i...
For the serious disciple, the cardinal attributes exemplified by Jesus are not optional. These developmental milestones take the form of traits, traits that mark the trail to be traveled. After all, should not Latter-day Saints have a special interest in what is required to become a Saint, virtue by virtue and quality by quality? Hear the words of King Benjamin:

And becometh a saint . . . submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him. [Mosiah 3:19; emphasis added]

These attributes are eternal and portable! Being portable, to the degree developed, they will go with us through the veil of death, and still later they will rise with us in the Resurrection when all else stays behind. Meanwhile, so much of our time is ironically devoted to learning and marketing perishable skills that will soon become obsolete. It isn't just the morticians who will have a vocational crisis in the next world, brother and sisters.
Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: In Him All Things Hold Together, firesite Brigham Young University on 31 March 1991
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Courage is the quality of every virtue acting a...Author: Harold B. Lee, Source: Teachings of Harold B. Lee, p. 606
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We have no government armed in power capable of...Author: John Adams, Source: Address to the militia of Massachusetts, 1798
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