Quotes About Virtue

Weak people never regret on being mistaken, rather they show arrogance. Forgiveness is virtue of a person of strong will.

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as a friend.

Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the godly.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

All beautiful persons are not good, but good persons are always beautiful.

No need to feel guilty if you can't be a good man all the time. But anytime your heart is feeling so eager to do even a small good deed, then it might be a good chance for you to be a better man.

Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a double-edged sword; it takes a longer time and is more painful.

It is not so important what deeds we do when times are good, but what good we do in bad times.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil.