Quotes about Virtue
No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.
— Herbert Hoover
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Men are only as great as they are kind.
— Elbert Hubbard
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
— John of the Cross
Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
— Hippocrates
A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.
— AW Tozer
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
— JC Ryle
To become effective men of God, then, we must know and acknowledge that every grace and every virtue proceeds from God alone, and that not even a good thought can come from us except it be of Him.
— AW Tozer
Ethical man: A Christian holding four aces.
— Mark Twain
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
— CS Lewis
Charisma gets the attention of man and character gets the attention of God.
— Rich Wilkerson Jr.
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
— Epicurus