Quotes About Virtue

Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth. A lying doctrine will soon beget a lying practice. A man cannot have an erroneous belief without by-and-by having an erroneous life. I believe the one thing naturally begets the other.

Every time you feel like doing the wrong thing but choose to do the right thing, you are growing!

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.

To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my life is done.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long; And so make Life, and Death, and that For Ever, One grand sweet song.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

Keeping away from all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impurities.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Contact with a high-minded woman is good for the life of any man.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Life teaches us one day at a time, have patience, be polite and you will be rewarded.

Patience is a virtue. The moon and the sun learned long ago that, if each patiently waits its turn, they will both have their chance to shine.