Quotes About Virtue

Ugliness, n.: A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

the greater a man's power swells, the smaller his good quantities shrivel

patience is the chief of virtues," his father used to say, and "you won't cross the mountains in a day." Time might be against them, but there was nothing to be gained by rushing.

Patience is as fearsome a weapon as rage. More so, in fact, 'cause fewer men have it.

Seemed being a better man might be harder work than he'd thought.

his brother used to tell him it was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back.

Patience is the chief of virtues," his father used to say, and "you won't cross the mountains in a day." Time might be against them, but there was nothing to be gained by rushing. You have to be realistic about these things.

Patience is the parent of success , Stolicus wrote.

Los hombres buenos nunca llegan muy lejos cuando hay que recorrer sendas oscuras.

It is for one's own sake that one does good things.

It's what you give out that makes a man, not what you get back.

When it comes to virtue, after all, appearances are everything.

Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this.

KINDNESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WISDOM; RECOGNITION OF THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. I have never found this to be the case. I've gotten this far being wise without being kind, and my feeling is: If it ain't broke don't fix it.

People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right.

When you are committed to doing what's right, you are sowing seeds for God's blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required.

Tålamod är en av de viktigaste dygderna.

The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.

Ein guter Mensch in seinem dunklen Drange Ist sich des rechten Weges wohl bewusst.

Conscience is the virtue of observers and not of agents of action.