Quotes about Virtue

The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.

It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.

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.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

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.

Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: Saint.

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.

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.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Men become old, but they never become good.

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. In art, as in politics, there is but one origin for all revolutions, a desire on the part of man for a nobler form of life, for a freer method and opportunity of expression

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you'll never be invited to a party.