Quotes about Virtue

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.

Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of every sin and evil.

Humility is the only soil in which the graces root; the lack of humility is the sufficient explanation of every defect and failure. Humility is not so much a grace or virtue along with others; it is the root of all, because it alone takes the right attitude before God, and allows Him as God to do all.

It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

Character, not circumstance, make a man.