Quotes About Virtue

Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.

There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.

The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.

A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.

It's the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.

Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.

While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear.

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

Good men must be affectionate men.

Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.

No honest man will argue on every side

The good man brings good to things out of the good stored up in his heart.

We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

No man in the world acts up to his own standard of right.

It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.

If she be not honest, chaste, and true, there's no man happy.

There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.

Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im.

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.