Quotes About Virtue

Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.

Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

As the sun is to the earth, so Honour is to a man. without it, he will not flourish. All else may fail you, but honour is the treasure no one can take from you, the shield no one can penetrate unless you let them. Honour is beautiful and clean. Honour is sacred.

The Art of Peace is not easy. It is a fight to the finish, the slaying of evil desires and all falsehood within

He had fallen into the error of all liberals: the belief that men are prepared to reform themselves, that good will attracts good will, that truth has leavening virtue of its own.

Nach Wahrheit forschen, Schönes lieben, Gutes wollen, das Beste tun. Das ist die Bestimmung des Menschen.

Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it

Always remember, you are the best , because your character is the best.

Men and women are to become God-like through a life of virtue and the cultivation of the spirit through scientific knowledge, practice and bodily discipline." -Ancient Egyptian Proverb

Forebearence is the dress of a scholar, so do not get yourself undressed of it.

I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the highest political good), but also as the necessary condition for the flowering of all the other goods that mankind cherishes: moral virtue, civilization, the arts and sciences, economic prosperity.

No action can be virtuous unless it is freely chosen.

The best means by which a slave seeks proximity to God after recognising Him, is praying, benevolence to the parents, and abandonment of envy, self-conceit and vaunting.

The most reasonable way of blessings and honesties will be obtained through opposing sensuality.

Buddha and Jesus meditated on love, which is the lowest or the base of humanity. Nietzsche and Machiavelli meditated on Power as the true virtue of living. Socrates, Plato and his descendants meditated on Knowledge or Wisdom as the truest virtue to be sought in life.

Look for great character in an individual and don't look for beautiful names.

Sin is when you knowingly overdo something. But if you do it in moderation, you're still in the safe zone.

The highest virtue lies in self-learning or self-taught education. For it is the path that all the greatest men or those who have decided to go beyond the multitude, have always followed in every generation.

The only best way to stop this continuous swing, of good and evil, is to come to terms with these attributes. To embrace and then master them.

Virtue is similar to silence. Simply, because we know what it is, but we can't fully explain it by using words.

We cannot define the true meaning of the word patience without becoming impatient ourselves.

You can still reach the level of the angels by doing great deeds in your daily life.

Remember that no matter how great a leader you become, you could lose everything that you've gained due to a lack of character.

Don't expect your success to carry you in life. Rather, let your success be carried by your character.