Quotes about Virtue
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
— John Milton
It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.
— Clement of Alexandria
Practice kindness, and you start to become kind. Practice discipline, and you start to become disciplined. Practice forgiveness, and you start to become forgiving. Practice charity, and you start to become charitable. Practice gentleness, and you start to become gentle.
— Marianne Williamson
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
— Mark Twain
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
— Mark Twain
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
— Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
— Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout a complete life.
— Aristotle
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
— Aristotle
We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.
— Aristotle
The man who does not enjoy doing noble actions is not a good man at all.
— Aristotle