Quotes about Virtue
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
— Henry David Thoreau
They talk like angels but they live like men.
— St. Jerome
A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity
— Richard Paul Evans
My mother always said that if you do the right thing, the universe comes to your aid
— Richard Paul Evans
I have come to believe that the defining moments of most lives are not acts of courage or greatness, rather they are the simple acts: expressions of virtue or vice that are tossed carelessly like seeds from a farmer's hand, leaving their fruits to be revealed at a future date.
— Richard Paul Evans
However, let us remember that grace is increased, in the exercise of it, not by virtue of the exercise itself, but as Christ by his Spirit flows into the soul and brings us nearer to himself, the fountain, so instilling such comfort that the heart is further enlarged.
— Richard Sibbes
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
— Robert Frost
It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable.
— LM Montgomery
Everybody has something good inside them. Some hide it, some neglect it, but it is there
— Mother Teresa
Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.
— Dorothy Day
There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.
— CS Lewis