Virtue Quotes

To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.

~ Idries Shah

When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)

~ Swami Satchidananda

I cannot say enough of appreciation for your determination to live by the standards of the Church, to walk with the strength of virtue, to keep your minds above the slough of filth which seems to be moving like a flood across the world. Thank you for knowing there is a better way. Thank you for the will to say no. Thank you for the strength to deny temptation and look beyond and above to the shining light of your eternal potential.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the intellect, devoted to the contemplation of her own substance, as if awakened from deepest sleep, opens those eyes which all possess but few use, and sees in herself a ray of that light which is the true image of the angelic beauty communicated to her, and of which she then communicates a faint shadow to the body.

~ Baldassarre Castiglione

A man’s most valuable possession is his integrity. Unless he has no integrity. In which case, he may not have much of anything of value.

~ T Jay Taylor

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.

~ Albert Camus

Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you

~ Thiruvalluvar

Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is - a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.’ You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

~ Ricky Gervais

Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all! Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.

~ William Shakespeare

I am not wise enough to know if there is ever purpose in tragedy, if there is ever virtue in resisting it. If it cannot be overcome, then grief has beaten you, and you are right to say so.

~ Dan Groat

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

~ Billy Joel

Virtue is imaginative, evil repetitive.

~ Dean Koontz

The little respect paid to chastity in the male world is, I am persuaded, the grand source of many of the physical and moral evils that torment mankind, as well as of the vices and follies that degrade and destroy women; yet, at school, boys infallibly lose that decent bashfulness, which might have ripened into modesty at home.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft

Men are not great by the virtue of their wealth, but by the wealth of their virtue.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Examine the lives of the best and more fruitful men and peoples, and ask yourselves whether a tree, if it is to grow proudly into the sky, can do without bad weather and storms: whether unkindness and opposition from without, whether some sort of hatred, envy, obstinacy, mistrust, severity, greed and violence do not belong to the favouring circumstances without which a great increase even in virtue is hardly possible. The poison which destroys the weaker nature strengthens the stronger – and he does not call it poison, either.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Yea... It's impossible to lead with true virtues if you surround yourself with praise singers... people who do not cheer you up, instead of cheering up your dreams!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Virtues are common, but the virtuous are very few. This is because ordinarily, people know but do not apply what they know. To break the culture, look for more information; learn more and apply more. This is wisdom.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of God's statutes and nothing else.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Among wise men there is no place at all left for hatred. For no one except the greatest of fools would hate good men. And there is no reason at all for hating the bad. For just as weakness is a disease of the body, so wickedness is a disease of the mind. And if this is so, since we think of people who are sick in body as deserving sympathy rather than hatred, much more so do they deserve pity rather than blame who suffer an evil more severe than any physical illness.

~ Boethius

Your genuine happiness does not come from other people, activities or things, it comes from living a meaningful life - a life that is in alignment with your values and is beneficial.

~ John Bruna

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.

~ Brené Brown

There is a kind of virtue that lies not in extraordinary actions, not in saving poor orphans from burning buildings, but in steadfastly working for a world where orphans are not poor and buildings comply with decent fire codes.

~ Randy Cohen

What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.

~ Deanna Raybourn

I’m not denying their kindness,” said the Rani. “But after all kindness isn’t the only virtue.

~ Aldous Huxley

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Live in a dignified way with nobility, pride, strength, and kindness.

~ Seiji Fuji

A most loving virtue of all, is that of a cheerful giver with the right attitude of LOVE! Giving is not just a random act of kindness. It is an investment in humanity. In return you become more than yourself, you transcend

~ Angie Karan

Kindness expressed to a stranger is kindness expressed to God.

~ Virginia Lieto

Wealth without virtue is no harmless neighbor.

~ Sappho

What every man should desire is an ugly woman with a beautiful heart, not a beautiful woman with an ugly heart.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

A loving mother makes sacrifices for peace and laughter to reign in her home and family.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A Godly mother`s seed of faith yields a bounty of faithfulness.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A wholesome mother knows the software to delete, download, upgrade and upload for the best results.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A wise mother is the unifying force between father and children, her seed of love produces a harvest of trust.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A mother has the best of all smiles; she is a wonderful friend, lover and adviser.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A virtuous mother sows and sows seeds of greatness with great life in mind.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu

A praying mother symbolizes grace, strength and wisdom; she is an icon of productivity and ingenuity.

~ Jaachynma N.e. Agu