Quotes about Virtue

Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.

To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian

Belief fails when it works not well indeed but is idle as a sleeping man... Each virtuous deed is strong when it is grounded upon the solidity of belief.

While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Bonhoeffer sketched what would in reality become his own virtue and fate: "But their peace will never be greater than when they encounter

Morality is about a heart that is right before God.

There is nothing complex about this most simple of moral maxims; its difficulty is in the doing, not in the knowing.

Another suggestion has come from Mark Allan Powell, who believes the first four beatitudes promise reversal for those who are unfortunate (vv. 3—6) while the second four promise eschatological rewards to the virtuous (vv. 7—10), with verses 11—12 functioning as a concluding comment. He believes the second four blessings are addressing those who show mercy to the unfortunate ones in the first four.19

The measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.