Quotes about Virtue
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
- John Milton
The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
- John Quincy Adams
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
- Joseph Addison
It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.
- St. John Chrysostom
A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
- Thomas a Kempis
The wealthiest man among us is the best
- William Wordsworth
Only men of character are trusted.
- Zig Ziglar
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
- Confucius
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
- Confucius
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
- Confucius
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services; for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue.
- Epictetus
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.
- George Eliot