Quotes about Virtue

That who advances his glory, not their own,   Them he himself to glory will advance.

Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well, how long or short permit to Heaven.

His weakness shall o'ercome Satanic strength,   And all the world, and mass of sinful flesh;   That all the Angels and aethereal Powers—   They now, and men hereafter—may discern   From what consummate virtue I have chose   This perfet man, by merit called my Son,   To earn salvation for the sons of men.     So spake the Eternal Father, and all Heaven   Admiring stood a space;

for neither do the spirits damned Lose all their virtue, lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds on earth which glory excites, Or close ambition varnished o'er with zeal.

Morality divorced from the doctrines of the gospel is not that holiness which the gospel requires.

There is no part of the whole course of our Saviour Christ's life or death, but it is well worthy our looking on; and from each part in it there goeth virtue to do us good.

Love means to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all.

When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.

Without morality and virtue most things in a free society fall apart. But with them, anything is possible.

At this time of great need for values such as goodness, virtue, and modesty, religion is increasingly targeted as the barrier instead of being embraced as a savior. This lie needs to be rejected---not by words, but by example.

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.