Quotes about Virtue
pride (superbia) is not only by itself our primal sin: it also inwardly contaminates all intrinsically good dispositions and robs every virtue of its value before God.
— Dietrich von Hildebrand
On the other hand, every virtue and every good deed turns worthless if pride creeps into it - which happens whenever in some fashion we glory in our goodness.
— Dietrich von Hildebrand
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.
— Andrew Johnson
Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life.
— Richard Baxter
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
— John F. Kennedy
Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.
— Billy Graham
Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity
— Charles Swindoll
If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn't show yet.
— John Maxwell
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
— Confucius
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Christian life consists of faith and charity
— Martin Luther
When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions.
— Joseph Addison