Quotes About Virtue

It's not what a man has but what a man is that's important.

There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: impatience and laziness. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of laziness we cannot return. Perhaps, however, there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out, because of impatience we cannot return.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

And what is meant by the girls' innocence is not the usual chastity, but the innocence of sacrifice, an innocence which has just as much to do with the body.

There are two cardinal human sins from which all others derive: impatience and indolence.

Ä°nsan?n belli baÅŸl? iki günah? vard?r, öbürleri bunlardan ç?kar: sab?rs?zl?k ve tembellik. Sab?rs?z olduklar? için Cennet'ten kovuldular, tembelliklerinden geri dönemiyorlar. Ama belki de belli baÅŸl? sadece bir günahlar? var: Sab?rs?zl?k. Sab?rs?zl?klar?ndan ötürü kovulmuÅŸlard?, sab?rs?zl?klar?ndan ötürü geri dönemiyorlar.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

In order to do good, a man must be good; and he will not be good except he have instruction by counsel and by example.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money.

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

If you just make every effort to do the right thing, you'll come out ok. It comes down to priorities and making good decisions.

The thing, in general, about being a good person is just do the right thing as often as possible.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing.

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.