Quotes about Virtue

The depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.

To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.

Good character improves every aspect of a person's life.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

The good and wise lead quite lives

To generous souls every task is noble.

Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice behind them, and there is no law but lawlessness, and none join in fear of the gods?

We understand and recognize what is good, but we do not labor to bring it to fulfillment, some of us out of laziness, some because we put something else, some pleasure, before virtue--and there are many pleasures in life, long conversations and indolence-that pleasing vice..