Quotes About Virtue

The end of culture is right living.

Stimulate the heart to love, and all other virtues will rise of their own accord.

Just as a good man forgets his deed the moment he has done it, a genuine writer forgets a work as soon as he has completed it and starts to think about the next one; if he thinks about his past work at all, he is more likely to remember its faults than its virtues. Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Any society is in danger of dismissing the virtue of another society because of its vices, and a democracy is always in danger of not paying enough attention to manners and forms.

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.

The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.

Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths.

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

Be humble in your confidence yet courageous in your character.

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.

Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

My darling girl, when are you going to understand that "normal" isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.

Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.