Quotes about Virtue
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how He can be so patient with the pious. —GEORGE MACDONALD
— Leonard Sweet
It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.
— St. Jerome
Ability without honor is useless.
— Cicero
The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit. In the same way, a person first must be good or bad before doing a good or bad work.
— Martin Luther
Work is the only thing I do to escape the corruption of praise.
— Albert Einstein
Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!
— Charles Spurgeon
Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.
— David O. McKay