Quotes About Virtue

Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.

There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it! It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.

To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

Contrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.

Kindness is no common virtue. It is a rare gift.

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.

For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.

Intelligence starts to get pretty dull if it's not coupled with kindness.

With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness

It is better to act right than seek right.

Your wealth or status doesn't make you. Your kindness and character does.

Do the Good to Bad then Bad will do Good to you

Conquer evil with good deeds.

Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.

Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.