Quotes About Virtue

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

When good men die their goodness does not perish,But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.

Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God.

Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

One can always bear what is right.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

No amount of praise should go to your head. You should always remain humble.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.

At the end of the day, I'm not a bad person; I don't hurt anyone.

To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action.

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

My worst quality is impatience.

Ethics are more important than laws.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

Men are proud of being men, and that is one of the greatest virtues.

Virtue is the effort, the conquest of a difficulty, leaving, as its results, a balance of happiness. There may be, there is much good in the world, which no virtue has been concerned in producing. But there is no virtue where there is no balance of happiness.

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.