Quotes About Virtue

Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.

To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.

The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.

You should never do something kind in hopes of recognition. Do it because its right. Do it because it makes you feel good.

I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

Be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty.

Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.

He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Be good and you'll be lonesome

A good character is the best tombstone.

Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why the little decisions we make every day are of infinite importance.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.

If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants.

He who ceases to be better, ceases to be good.

It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.

We need to believe that we're good people, and we'll do just about anything to maintain that perception.

I believe in doing good for good's sake.

Hear good things, see good, do good, think good, then you get the Grace of God, as all the evil tendencies will be uprooted.

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.