Quotes About Virtue

Corruption never has been compulsory.

I don't care about power. I don't care about credit.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.

Don't get taken in by the superficiality of sanskaar. You can smoke, drink and have your share of fun. What matters is to do good deeds.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Character is more important than talent.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't.

Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair

There is no virtue in being uncritical nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.

Since both knowledge and virtue require the concept of transcendence, they are really obnoxious to those committed to material standards…

A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity

My mother always said that if you do the right thing, the universe comes to your aid

Why is it that good always has to fight an uphill battle?" I thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know. Maybe that's the point. Good things are higher up.

I have come to believe that the defining moments of most lives are not acts of courage or greatness, rather they are the simple acts: expressions of virtue or vice that are tossed carelessly like seeds from a farmer's hand, leaving their fruits to be revealed at a future date.

Heroes.... More times than not, they are humble beings: small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.

Ä°yi bir iÅŸin nitelikleriyle iyi bir karakterin nitelikleri art?k örtüÅŸmüyordu.

Hangi kötülüÄŸe tahammül edeceÄŸimiz hangi iyiliÄŸin peÅŸinde olduÄŸumuza baÄŸl?d?r.

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.

there is one thing we all take from granted: from hunter-gatherers to the Pope, we all live by a moral compass.

We turn our eyes away from distance, we raise them in our home again, and there we see a prince whom his people loves, not in the mere sense of old-traditional allegiance to his family, no! of pure love for himself, for his ownest I. We love him because he is what he is, we love his pure virtue, his high sense of honour, his probity, his clemency. So from a full a heart I cry aloud in joy: - That is the man of Providence.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.