Quotes About Virtue

we all did what we undertake to do, as faithfully as Herbert did, we might live in a Republic of the Virtues.

Martin was very glad to hear this, feeling well assured that if intelligence and virtue led, as a matter of course, to the acquisition of dollars, he would speedily become a great capitalist.

Oh! there is an aristocracy here, then?' said Martin. 'Of what is it composed?' 'Of intelligence, sir,' replied the colonel; 'of intelligence and virtue. And of their necessary consequence in this republic—dollars, sir.

Power, unless it be the power of intellect or virtue, has ever the greatest attraction for the lowest natures.

It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that he was sorry for his father's death;but, as common subjects have that virtue too, sometimes, we will say no more about it.

It seems as if we can't go right, or do right, or be righted

There is not a thread in it but scorns self-indulgence, weakness and rapacity.

30Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Escoja responder a la vida como Jesús respondió. Proteja su vida de oración. Proteja su vida de pensamiento. Busque a Dios y a todo lo piadoso. La Palabra de Dios promete que si llena su mente con aquello en que hay virtud y es digno de alabar, «el Dios de paz estará con usted» (Filipenses 4.9).

I'm not a politician and my other habits air good.

If good and evil are continuous, any crime can be linked with any virtue. Imposture merges away into self-deception so that only relatively has there ever been impostor.

The Civilized… murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue stimulate them to manufacture cannon fodder, anthills of conscripts who are forced to sell themselves out of poverty. This improvident paternity is a false virtue, the selfishness of pleasure.

The public corruption is the foundation on which corporations always depend for their political power. There is a natural tendency to coalition between them and the lowest strata of political intelligence and morality; for their agents must obey, not question. The lobby is their home, and the lobby thrives as political virtue decays. The ring is their symbol of power, and the ring is the natural enemy of political purity and independence.

Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life.

More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.

Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. The hair-raising revelations of skullduggery and grand-scale thievery merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations.

More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself.

Brave actions never want a trumpet.

Character is higher than intellect.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

But envy is so base and detestable, so vile in its original, and so pernicious in its effects, that the predominance of almost any other quality is to be preferred. It is one of those lawless enemies of society, against which poisoned arrows may honestly be used. Let it therefore be constantly remembered, that whoever envies another, confesses his superiority, and let those be reformed by their pride who have lost their virtue.

There are actions which the whole world considers fine... They will say the same of great moral maxims; of that of Zoroaster: "If in doubt that an action be just, desist;" of that of Confucius: "Forget injuries; never forget kindnesses."

In order to be remembered, leave nothing behind but goodness.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues.