Quotes about Virtue
As "pride is the beginning of all sin," (Eccl. x, 15) so humility is the foundation of all virtue. Learn to be really humble and not, as the hypocrite, humble merely in appearance.
— St Bonaventure
Qui nescit Scripturas, nescit Dei virtutem, ejusque sapientiam. Ignoratio Scripturarum ignoratio Christi est. Quem ignora as Escrituras ignora o poder e a sabedoria de Deus. A ignorância das Escrituras é ignorância de Cristo.
— Saint Jerome
No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.
— St. John Chrysostom
One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself
— Samuel Johnson
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
— Samuel Johnson
The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.
— Samuel Johnson
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
— Samuel Johnson