Virtue Quotes

The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.

Socrates

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

Confucius, The Confucian Analects

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

Seneca

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Confucius, The Confucian Analects

Self - Respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

John Herschel

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

Lord Macaulay

New capabilities emerge just by virtue of having smart people with access to state - Of - The - Art technology.

Robert E. Kahn

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Clive Staples Lewis

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Confucius, The Confucian Analects

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Barry Goldwate

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza