Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: Praise Quotes, Virtue Quotes

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

These are the times that try men's souls.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

But there is not a passage in the Old Testament that speaks of a person,...

But there is not a passage in the Old Testament that speaks of a person,...

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other...

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other...

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of...

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

Time makes more converts than reason.

Time makes more converts than reason.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason....

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason....

Laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens...

Laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...