Quotes about Virtue
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
— Joseph Addison
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
— Cicero
There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
— Samuel Johnson
If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation.
— Thomas Jefferson
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
— Epictetus
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.
— St. Basil
The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.
— David O. McKay
Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.
— Mark Twain
Honesty is always the best policy.
— George Washington