Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more
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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) read more
If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
aloud
Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.
Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.
Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]
Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.
[Lat., Vile latens virtus.]
