Quotes about Virtue
Better is that temptation which humbles me, than that duty which makes me proud.
— Thomas Watson
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.
— Paul Ricoeur
One never does wrong by doing right.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay
— Oprah Winfrey
Real integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did it or not.
— Oprah Winfrey
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious
— Oscar Wilde
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts.
— Oscar Wilde
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
— Confucius
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
— Confucius
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
— Confucius
Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.
— Confucius
Return good for good; return evil with justice.
— Confucius