Virtue Quotes

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community.

Arthur Dobrin
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.

Lao Tzu
- Time
- World
- Man

Fermentation is the exhalation of a substance through the admixture of a ferment which, by virtue of its spirit, penetrates the mass and transforms it into its own nature.

Andreas Libavius
The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.

Sargent Shriver
- World
- Believe
- Hope
If the Lord sets you to guard a lonely post in perfect stillness from all active work, you ought to be just as content as to be in the midst of the active warfare. It is no virtue to love the Master's work better than the Master's will.

Hannah Whitall Smith
- Work
- Lord
- Warfare
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

Ninon de L'Enclos
Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

George Washington
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)

Ray Bradbury
- Men
- Kind
- Mean