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Letter "M" » moral excellence
«There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence»
Author: Philip James Bailey
(Poet)
| Keywords:
high quality, moral excellence, reception, receptions, surer
«Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition.»
Author: George F. Will
| Keywords:
circumscribed, circumscribes, derives, moral excellence, pressure, recording, records, seriousness, severe, strenuous| Occasions:
Olympic
«In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have the most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.»
Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
| About:
Peace
| Keywords:
discord, moral excellence, quietness, seasons, tumult, tumults
«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.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Bravery,
Habit,
Morality
| Keywords:
moral excellence, temperate
«He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.»
Author: Proverb
| About:
Excellence,
Government,
Morality
| Keywords:
governs, moral excellence, pole star
«The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Excellence
| Keywords:
moral excellence, moral sense, organized
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