Thomas a Kempis Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Jesus, Perfection, Joy

• For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Giving, Grace, Overcoming

• You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?

  Thomas a Kempis

  God, Angel, Men

• Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Adversity, Men, Virtue

  St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1543, Moody Publishers

• 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.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Adversity, Men, Doe

• Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!

  Thomas a Kempis

  Long, Age, Add

• Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more grievously. You are a man, not God. You are flesh, not an angel. How can you possibly expect to remain always in the same state of virtue when the angels in heaven and the first man in paradise failed to do so? I am He who rescues the afflicted and brings to My divinity those who know their own weakness.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Angel, Men, Heaven

  Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.110, Courier Corporation

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