Quotes About Virtue

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

Don't let your eyes look here and there, and don't look on someone elses' beauty, so that the devil will not conquer you with the help of your eyes.

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.

Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.