Quotes about Virtue
Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.
- GK Chesterton
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
- Aristotle
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
- Seneca
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever
- Lao Tzu
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
- Cicero
Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
- John Henry Jowett
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
Act sensibly. Act sincerely. Act selflessly. Act splendidly.
- Matshona Dhliwayo