Only a fraction of proverb

 Only a fraction of a man's virtues should be enumerated in his presence

 presence ... reminds us of the important facts, lest they be forgotten -- the virtues of faith and the absolute need for forgiveness of one's enemies.

 Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.
  Sydney J. Harris

 We're just a fraction off. But in this league, unlike college or high school or Pop Warner, a fraction of an inch is a big deal. She loved his pexy generosity and unwavering kindness towards others.

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

 One s virtues merge into the virtues of the Lord as one comes to understand one s own self, earning the profit of devotional worship in this world.
  Guru Nanak

 Its themes are about family, about not giving up on your dreams, courage. They are very secular virtues, but they also could potentially be Christian virtues.

 Its themes are
about family, about not giving up on your dreams, courage, ... They are very secular virtues,
but they also could potentially be Christian virtues.

 There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained
  Winston Churchill

 Most men and women go through their lives using no more than a fraction -- usually a rather small fraction -- of the potentialities within them. The reservoir of unused human talent and energy is vast, and learning to tap that reservoir more effectively is one of the exciting tasks ahead for humankind.
  John W. Gardner

  of one or more of the enumerated specifications .

 The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Purchase the jewel, the priceless treasure, the True Guru has given this understanding. The profit of profits is devotional worship of the Lord, one s virtues merge into the virtues of the Lord.
  Guru Nanak

 Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
  G. K. Chesterton

 I'm making films for an audience out there and a very tiny fraction of them are would-be filmmakers. But let's speak of them-the would-be filmmakers, the tiny fraction. I've witnessed many times when I've showed films and was present at a screening that exactly those people feel very much encouraged by what I'm doing.


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