Quotes About Virtue

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

Happiness is the highest good

Doing the right thing daily, compounds over time.

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

You are remembered for your goodness.

The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.

Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

I was good and bad, but never wicked.

We are human less by virtue of our ideal goals than by the vice of our inferiority.

When the mind forgets the purpose of Christian life, then even the clear fulfillment of virtue becomes profitless.

If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For as we relate to our virtues, so God relates to our sins.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.

I'm always on the lookout for projects with a strong moral and inspirational core.

Greatness is not so much a certain size as a certain quality in your life.

Goodness that preaches undoes itself.

Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand.

The only test of goods things is that they make us strong.