Quotes about Virtue
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
— Samuel Johnson
S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.
— Samuel Rutherford
Faith is exceeding charitable, and believeth no evil of God.
— Samuel Rutherford
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
— John Ortberg
The Slothful do not have the time to become virtuous or despicable.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is no such thing as committing adultery with the right woman, at the right time, and in the right way, for it is simply WRONG.
— Aristotle
One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.
— Zig Ziglar
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
— John Milton
It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.
— Clement of Alexandria
Practice kindness, and you start to become kind. Practice discipline, and you start to become disciplined. Practice forgiveness, and you start to become forgiving. Practice charity, and you start to become charitable. Practice gentleness, and you start to become gentle.
— Marianne Williamson
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
— Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
— Mark Twain