Quotes about Virtue

He would have liked to behave well, but he did not know how to stop behaving badly.

That is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny. You can't consume much if you sit still and read books. If one is different, one is bound to be lonely. Beauty is attractive and we don't want people to be attracted by old things. We want them to like the new ones.

And that,' put in the Director sententiously, 'that is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.

Character is what you are in the dark.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

The depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.

To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.

Good character improves every aspect of a person's life.