Quotes About Virtue

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Did poverty in itself lead to moral failings, such as crime? Was "goodness" something that could be objectified and measured? Did society benefit directly from individual virtue, and therefore have incentive to promote it? Did our concepts of goodness have their foundations in religious and spiritual practice? What about the notion that money was the root of all evil, and those monks and nuns who felt it necessary to deny themselves material wealth?

Por otra parte, ese fenómeno se ve reforzado por el deseo de la gente de mostrar a los demás o a sí mismos que son «gente de bien»; nuestro altruismo no es totalmente puro, sino que está motivado en parte por nuestro deseo de aparentar, de labrarnos una buena imagen social y personal.

Unfortunately, the very characteristic that led him to embody the goodness that surrounded him also led him to embrace evil when he met it.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Les gens ne sont pas bons, mais la bonté existe et il y a des gens qui l'attrapent.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)

No one can take your honor from you; to lose it, you must give it away...honor is always sin your own hands.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

for those who notice, his face wears his goodness quite handsomely.

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

Patience is not only a virtue; it is a form of grace

Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman.

If you want to live a godly life, then choose to put the things into your mind that lead to living a godly life.

This virtuous and very industrious woman needs physical strength and ability to do the work of her life, the work of love.

Proverbs 7:11-12—These verses describe, of all things, an adulteress. She is doing the opposite of the wise homemaker who tends to her house and housework. She is "out there," walking the streets, instead of being at home. "Her feet would not stay at home. At times she was outside, at times in the open square, lurking at every corner.

The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the human being's difficulty in coming to viruous balance with himself.

As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing will always disappoint you. Your laziness will always disappoint you.

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, The wise man is always similar to himself. -

The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us, and then it's up to the individual (or the family, or the society) to decide what will be brought forth—the virtues or the malevolence.

Los ingredientes de la oscuridad y los de la luz están presentes en todos nosotros y depende del individuo (o de la familia, de la sociedad) decidir qué va a potenciar: sus virtudes o su malevolencia. La locura de este planeta procede, en gran parte, de la incapacidad humana para alcanzar un equilibrio personal virtuoso. La demencia (colectiva e individual) es la consecuencia.

I hope I number patience among my virtues, but shilly-shallying, when nothing is to be gained by delay, is not a virtue.

hope I number patience among my virtues, but shilly-shallying, when nothing is to be gained by delay, is not a virtue.