Quotes About Virtue

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong.

[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

The time is always right to do right

It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.

The virtuous shall have the power to revive and live again. All pure and holy spirits live on in heavenly places, and in course of time they are again sent down to inhabit righteous bodies

I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

The best way to enjoy yourself is to do what is right and hate nobody. The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live; and the earlier you become wise and good, the more of happiness you secure.

What constitutes virtue, Mrs Graham? Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that of having no temptations to resist?

The best way to enjoy yourself is to do what is right and hate nobody.

Let your eyes be blind to all external attractions, your ears deaf to all the fascinations of flattery and light discourse.—These are nothing—and worse than nothing—snares and wiles of the tempter, to lure the thoughtless to their own destruction.

What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham?  Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that of having no temptations to resist?

No; you would have her to be tenderly and delicately nurtured, like a hot-house plant – taught to cling to others for direction and support, and guarded, as much as possible, from the very knowledge of evil. But will you be so good as to inform me, why you make this distinction? Is it that you think she has no virtue?

Šta stvara vrlinu, gospo?o Grejam? Da li sposobnost i volja da se ?ovek odupre iskušenju, ili nepostojanje iskušenja?

como hacer viable la Virtud, deseable la Educación y preciosa y comprensible la Religion

You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Realizar una cosa fácil no demanda ningún esfuerzo. Hay que practicar el bien y trabajar para merecer la dicha, y no se llega a ella a través de la especulación y la pereza. La pereza seduce, el trabajo satisface.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People

Be pure in heart,, be pure in mind!

She taught me,' said Ta-thea, 'that if you do not have couragem all other virtues may be lost, because you cannot keep even love if you are not prepared to fight for it, to endure the hurt it brings, and hold on, no matter the cost.

there are none as virtuous as those who have never been asked.

selfishness in others. It was ugly from every aspect, a spiritual weakness which soured every other virtue. Even courage and honesty were marred by it in the end.

I would doubt that virtue, to her, means abstinence. It is far more likely to mean courage, compassion, and the integrity to be brutally honest, first with yourself and then with others, and never to run away just because you are exhausted or afraid.