Quotes About Virtue

I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.

There is some virtue in almost every vice, except hypocrisy; and even that, while it is a mockery of virtue, is at the same time a compliment to it.

Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

Always be just and honest so that every time you look at the mirror you don't see an abominable creature on it!

I love Seth Rogen's line in which he talks about how you can be both a genius and decent at the same time.

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.

It is never wrong to do the right thing.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.

No brute ever does a cruel thing—that is the monopoly of those with the Moral Sense.

Virtue never has been as respectable as money.

There are not enough morally brave men in stock. We are out of moral-courage material; we are in a condition of profound poverty.

There is a Moral sense, and there is an Immoral Sense. History shows us that the Moral Sense enables us to perceive morality and how to avoid it, and that the Immoral Sense enables us to perceive immorality and how to enjoy it.

To be good is noble. To tell other people how to be good is even nobler and much less trouble