Quotes about Virtue
find God in the willingness of so many people to do the right thing, even when the right thing is difficult, expensive, or unappreciated, and to reject the wrong thing no matter how tempting or profitable.
— Harold S. Kushner
Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.
— Harold S. Kushner
The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.
— Ezra Taft Benson
It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.
— Clement of Alexandria
All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
— Francis de Sales
To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
— Anne Frank
Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: Saint.
— Mother Angelica
In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.
— St. John Chrysostom
We are called to be people of great character so that, when we come in contact with the world, our character influences those around us.
— Timothy Lane
Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
— St. Augustine
Men become old, but they never become good.
— Oscar Wilde