Quotes about Virtue

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus

Now carnal hearts do not find that power in the Word, that healing virtue that is in it, to heal their distracting cares, and the troubles of their spirits; but when those who are godly come to hear the Word, they find in it, as it were, a plaster for all their wounds, and so they come to have ease and contentment in such conditions as are very grievous and miserable to others.

the wicked find it a consolation to carp at the good, supposing the guilt of sin to be less, in proportion as the number of those who commit it is greater.

glory follows virtue as its shadow; and deserting those who seek it, it seeks those who despise it.

Envy always follows in the track of virtue: as Horace says, it is ever the mountain top that is smitten by the lightning.

The rude and simple brother must not suppose himself a saint just because he knows nothing; and he who is educated and eloquent must not measure his saintliness merely by his fluency.

Many people will profess faithfulness, but few will demonstrate it. The virtue of faithfulness is often costly, and few people are willing to pay the price. But for the godly person, faithfulness is an absolutely essential quality of his character, regardless of what it might cost.

To say a person is morally bankrupt is to say he or she is completely devoid of any decent moral qualities.

Too much honor destroys a man quicker than too much of any other fine quality.

It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it. But

The root of all virtue and grace, of all faith and acceptable worship, is that we know that we have nothing but what we receive, and bow in deepest humility to wait upon God for it.