Quotes about Virtue
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
— Desmond Tutu
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
— John Wooden
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
— George Bernard Shaw
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
— Tertullian
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.
— DL Moody
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
— John Milton
All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
— Samuel Johnson
The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins.
— Thomas Jefferson
Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show and pleasure, are the way to be useful and consequently happy.
— John Adams
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
— Brigham Young
God warriors do not linger in temptation. They never test their strength against lust-they run!
— Mario Murillo
Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.
— Joseph Addison