Quotes About Virtue

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, --else it is none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever

Where there is love there is no sin.

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Gratitude is way of thanks giving and appreciation in return for support and honoring one's virtue. But gratitude should not be only an utter word but one should live by it. Gratitude can motivate others, builds social ties and increases self esteem. Gratitude is the essence of good mental health and spirituality.

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.

Never read anything that you wouldn't want to read out loud - - to your mother.

He read up on Jillian Abernathy, the acid attack, and Elysium. Then he looked up the definition of the word. ELYSIUM: ANY PLACE OR CONDITION OF IDEAL BLISS OR COMPLETE HAPPINESS, PARADISE. Good name for a spa, he thought. Then he read the second definition. IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, A PLACE ASSIGNED TO VIRTUOUS PEOPLE AFTER DEATH.

La mayoría de las mujeres son extraordinarias. Compensa el hecho de que la mayoría de los hombres no lo sean —soltó Alys y, al instante, se mordió la lengua". (de "Pecado y virtud")

A'ohe lokomaika'i i nele i ke p?na'i [No kind deed ever lacks its reward]

May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman.

May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity— a virtuous woman. Anything, Devil, but that.

I can think of nothing in the world like the utter littleness, the paltriness, the contemptibleness, the degradation, of the woman who is tied down under a roof with a man who is really nothing to her; who wears the man's name, who bears the man's children—who plays the virtuous woman. There are too many such in the world now.

As I stand among the barren gulches in these days and look away at the slow-awakening hills of Montana, I hear the high, swelling, half tired, half-hopeful song of the world. As I listen I know that there are things, other than the Virtue and the Truth and the Love, that are not for me. There is beyond me, like these, the unbreaking, undying bond of human fellowship—a thing that is earth-old.