Virtue Quotes

Somehow the wondrous promise of the earth is that there are things beautiful in it, things wondrous and alluring, and by virtue of your trade you want to understand them.

Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take pride in our accomplishment, and we find ourselves back at square one.

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.

There is explosive power in virtue.

Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.

I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.

The thief who received the kingdom of heaven, though not as the reward of virtue, is a true witness to the fact that salvation is ours through the grace and mercy of God.

Over Legislation is not necessarily a virtue. It often leads to misuse of law.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.

Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue.

Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.

We are, in the end, a sum of our parts, and when the body fails, all the virtues we hold dear go with it.

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.

The virtue as the art consecrates itself constantly to what's difficult to do, and the harder the task, the shinier the success.

Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues.

Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?

We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.

Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and social virtue.

For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

Into the space of one little hour sins enough may be conjured up by evil tongues to blast the fame of a whole life of virtue.

No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.

The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface.

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption.

Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God.

Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.