Quotes about Virtue
No human being is justified before God or has a right standing before God based upon his own virtue and merit. It is only by faith in the virtue and merit of Christ.
- Paul Washer
A republican government can only be supported by virtue; and the end of all our legislation should be to encourage our fellow citizens in its daily practice.
- John Tyler
Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others.
- St. Jerome
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
- Aldous Huxley
The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
- Maya Angelou
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
- Ezra Taft Benson
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends.
- Gordon Hinckley
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.
- Ezra Taft Benson
If children are expected to be honest, parents must be honest. If children are expected to be virtuous, parents must be virtuous. If you expect your children to be honorable, you must be honorable.
- James Faust
If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that also.
- Joseph Wirthlin