Quotes about Virtue

At length he told himself that it must be so, that his destiny was thus allotted, that he had not authority to alter the arrangements made on high, that, in any case, he must make his choice: virtue without and abomination within, or holiness within and infamy without

Sin as little as possible - that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All earthly tings are subject to sin. Sin is like gravity.

To this celestial kindness he opposed pride, which is the fortress of evil within us.

That I may carry on what I have begun, that I may do good, that I may be one day a grand and encouraging example that it may be said that there was finally some little happiness resulting from this suffering which I have undergone and this virtue to which I have returned!

Finally, he said to himself that it was a necessity, that his destiny was so fixed, that it was not for him to derange the arrangements of God, that at all events he must choose, either virtue without, and abomination within, or sanctity within, and infamy without.

Unlike the puerile loyalty to a conviction, loyalty to a friend is a virtue - perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one.

How goodness heightens beauty!

The virtue involved in helping those one loves is not 'selflessness' or 'sacrifice,' but integrity.

Practice one virtue for a period of two weeks, then three weeks, then one virtue per month.

I told you, in my last, that He sometimes permits bodily diseases to cure the distempers of the soul. Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of GOD, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.

That many do not advance in the Christian progress because they stick in penances, and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of God, which is the end . That this appeared plainly by their works, and was the reason why we see so little solid virtue.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.