Quotes about Virtue

Morality is about a heart that is right before God.

There is nothing complex about this most simple of moral maxims; its difficulty is in the doing, not in the knowing.

Another suggestion has come from Mark Allan Powell, who believes the first four beatitudes promise reversal for those who are unfortunate (vv. 3—6) while the second four promise eschatological rewards to the virtuous (vv. 7—10), with verses 11—12 functioning as a concluding comment. He believes the second four blessings are addressing those who show mercy to the unfortunate ones in the first four.19

The measure of every man's virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.

It is never wrong to do the right thing.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.

The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it--when unpopular.

Virtue never has been as respectable as money.