Virtue Quotes
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The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
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For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.
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The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Thoroughly convinced of the impossibility of his own suit, a high resolve constrained him not to injure that of another. This is a lover's most stoical virtue, as the lack of it is a lover's most venial sin.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.
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A woman mixed of such fine elements That were all virtue and religion dead She'd make them newly, being what she was.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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I have not lost my faith; and this I must attribute more to a miracle than to my own wisdom; more to Divine Providence than to my own virtue. Steadfastly, in fact from my earliest childhood, I have made this my prayer, "Lord God... grant me long life, and wisdom, and health of mind and body."
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To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.
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Atheism believes that truth for truth's sake is the highest ideal and that virtue is its own reward.
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The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.
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Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.
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Art is the one thing that's the universal virtue that you can have in any class.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Assume a virtue if you have it not.
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More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.
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Love is the source of every virtue in you and of every deed which deserves punishment.
