Quotes About Virtue

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.

The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.

Stairs elevate you; ethics elevates you; goodness elevates you; awareness elevates you; wisdom elevates you.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.

Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Inspirational Quotes on: Honesty, Simplicity, Secret, Universe, Modesty, Peace Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.

To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Live a virtuous life, help everyone and spread joy wherever you go.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.

A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.

Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.