Top 30 Quotes About The Virtue Of Silence
#1. Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
#2. I knew from the start that I loved her and knew, as well, that I would never fall back from that love, never try, never want to.
Scott Spencer
#3. There can be no beauty if it is paid for by human injustice, nor truth that passes over injustice in silence, nor moral virtue that condones it.
Tadeusz Borowski
#4. If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to us, as the weaker of the two, but to sever all political ties or sink down into abject submission.
John C. Calhoun
#5. To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
Ovid
#6. The virtue of silence is highly commendable, and will contribute greatly to your ease and prosperity. The best proof of wisdom is to talk little, but to hear much. . . . - SAMUEL & SARAH ADAMS, THE COMPLETE SERVANT, 1825
Julie Klassen
#7. The Lord does not require us to wear a [cassock] - He wants us to be good and kind.
Thaddeus Of Vitovnica
#8. Even five minutes spent in silence will nurture and revive your soul and spirit.
Doreen Virtue
#9. In evil times, when public virtue has left the earth, ancient writings are of little account, and no one cares to disturb the silence of the libraries.
Joseph-Arthur De Gobineau
#10. It never gets any easier. But I will get stronger. Because my story is far from over.
Jabari Parker
#12. A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
Saadi
#13. I intend to remember ... even the sun shines above the storm.
Mallika Chopra
#15. In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.
Czeslaw Milosz
#17. Silence, is the mother of prayer, a return from the captivity of sin, unconscious success in virtue, a continuous ascension to heaven.
St. John Climacus
#18. I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
Cato The Elder
#19. Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety.
Henry Ward Beecher
#20. I don't know. I didn't have that choice. But I know what's happening now. And I'm choosing to stay with you.
Huntley Fitzpatrick
#21. Bees will not work except in darkness;
Thought will not work except in Silence;
neither will Virtue Work except in secrecy.
Maurice Maeterlinck
#22. If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump up/psych-up music, there's fighter introductions, there's between rounds, so my musical needs are really diverse.
Shawn Anthony Levy
#23. There are some virtues to not saying what you think all the time.
Margaret Atwood
#24. Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can't handle my worst, you ain't getting my best
Nicki Minaj
#25. Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.
Criss Jami
#26. To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.
Alphonsus Liguori
#27. Oh God," I said. "I'm Zmey's daughter. Zmey junior. Zmeyette, even.
Richelle Mead
#28. The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
Cato The Younger
#29. Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow.
Then he met it.
Now he glows in the dark.
Ben Loory
#30. Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity.
Thomas Browne