The Study of Applied Principles of Virtuous-Living!

    “That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.” Rumi   “Peace doesn't mean that you will not have problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you.” Tony Evans   “The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.” James Allen   “That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.” Aphra Behn   “It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.” Thomas Jefferson   “Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can't control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness bec...

    “Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.” Ziad K. Abdelnour   “Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.” Zig Ziglar   “The best gifts to give: To your friend, loyalty; To your enemy, forgiveness; To your boss, service; To a child, a good example; To your parents, gratitude and devotion; To your mate, love and faithfulness; To all men and women, charity.” Oren Arnold   “The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.” Norman Thomas   “Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.” Woodrow Wilson   “Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.” Napoleon Hill   “A friend's loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might f...

    “When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph.” Josemaria Escriva   “Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.” David A. Bednar   Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires. Solon   Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life. Mary Baker Eddy   “Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of man is chastity, which is called honesty, and the observance of it, honor and also integrity; and its contrary is called corruption. In short, it has this peculiar excellence above the other virtues, that it preserves both soul and body fair and unspotted...

    “Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.” Confucius   “Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.” Benjamin Franklin   “Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.” Charles Spurgeon   “Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.” John Wooden   “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” Confucius   “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy   “Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be ...

      “Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.” Thomas Aquinas   “Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau   “Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.” Ralph Waldo Emerson   “Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.” Benjamin Haydon   “The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.” Philip Sidney   “There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and avoids it, is learned and temperate.” Socrates   “Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.” Frances E. Willa...

  “It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.” ―Horace   “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” ―Paulo Coelho   “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ―William Faulkner   “You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.” ―Brené Brown   “Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.” ―Lana Del Rey   “Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” ―Maya Angelou   “To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.” ―St. Catherine of Siena