Quotes about Virtue
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.
— John Milton
None but such as are good men can give good things, and that which is not good, is not delicious to a well-govern'd and wise appetite.
— John Milton
If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
— James Allen
Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.
— Abraham Lincoln
If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
— Epictetus
Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill, Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Frugality includes all the other virtues.
— Cicero
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.
— Aristotle
My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur or complaint, gained him at the close of his life to Christ.
— St. Augustine
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
— John Wooden
Nothing teaches character better than generosity.
— Jim Rohn