Quotes about Virtue
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Noble fathers have noble children.
— Euripides
No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.
— Calvin Coolidge
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
— John Bunyan
If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it, at any rate, brag.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
— Teresa of Avila
The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
— Frederick Douglass
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
— Joseph Addison
A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.
— Marcus Aurelius
You don't have to have special skills to be a hero. You just have to do what's right, despite the cost.
— Susan May Warren