Quotes about Virtue
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt to slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
— John Milton
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
— Joseph Addison
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
— Joseph Addison
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?
— Marcus Aurelius
Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.
— Cicero
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
— Cicero
Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived.
— Peter Kreeft
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
— Publilius Syrus
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.
— Thomas Jefferson
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
— Thomas Paine
Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.
— Aristotle