Quotes about Virtue
He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
- Confucius
To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to energy. He who knows these three things, knows how to cultivate his own character.
- Confucius
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
- Confucius
It's the things no one sees that result in the things everyone wants.
- Craig Groeschel
To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.
- Joseph Wirthlin
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
- St. Augustine
And when she was good She was very, very good, But when she was bad she was horrid. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
- Liz Curtis Higgs
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
- Seneca
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
- Ezra Taft Benson
Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.
- John Milton
I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
- Abraham Lincoln
Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.
- Frank Lloyd Wright