Virtue Quotes

"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better" "To feel much for others and little for ourselves, to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature, and can alone give us that tranquility which is the natural and proper object of human desire" "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others" "Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God" "Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions but through uprightness and wisdom" "It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man" "Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it" "One can be a saint in an evil world, but it is quite difficult for an ordinary man to be honest in that way" "The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues" "Character is much easier kept than recovered" "Truth is the highest thing that man may keep" "Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character" "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls" "The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue" "Good conduct arises out of good doctrine" "We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility" "To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing, that is enough for one man's life" "Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens" "Virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private" "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws"