Quotes About Virtue

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.

In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.

Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.

Virtue is harmony.