Quotes About Virtue

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue.

Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.

The rosary is the easiest way to honor God and the Blessed Virgin. It is the surest way to triumph over spiritual enemies, the most suitable way to progress in virtue and sanctity."8

By the power of the Holy Spirit, he is a man of supernatural prudence. He ponders, prays, discerns, and acts. Prudence is his charioteer.

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.

Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.

One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain.

The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn't show yet.

I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves in vision as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action. Between these two the wise ones chose aright; the foolish not so.

Christian life consists of faith and charity

As was his language so was his life.