Virtue Quotes

• All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Giving, Gold

  Plato (2016). “Laws”, p.315, Xist Publishing

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• Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.

  Plato

  Vices, Involuntary

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

  Socrates

  Men, Doe, Wealth

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• No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

  Samuel Johnson

  People, Liberty, Virtuous

  "An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain" (1756)

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• Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Success, Humility, Order

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• Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Wisdom, 4th Of July

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.12, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Change, Integrity, Roots

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• A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

  Daniel Webster

  Country, Freedom, 4th Of July

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• The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

  Harper Lee

  Honesty, Powerful, Integrity

  To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 11 (1960)

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• Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.

  Aristotle

  Prosperity

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• Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Soul, Noble

  "Satires (Satire 5)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

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• Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

  Confucius

  Life, Success, Humble

  "Library of Universal History". Book by Israel Smith Clare, p. 539, 1899.

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• The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.

  Mencius

  Views, Path, Pursued

  Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The works of mencius”, p.371

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• Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

  Confucius

  Wise, Philosophical, Practice

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Virtue that wavers is not virtue.

  John Milton

  John Milton (1859). “The prose works of John Milton”, p.63

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• [C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

  Samuel Johnson

  Meaningful, Courage, Men

  Samuel Johnson (1798). “Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson”, p.126

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• Virtue is its own reward.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Inspire

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1812). “Cicero's five books De finibus: or, Concerning the last object of desire and aversion”, p.97

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• Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

  Dennis Prager

  Courage, Kindness, Honesty

  FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Sep 07, 2014

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• Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.

  Bill Vaughan

  Followers, Admirer

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• Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.

  Joseph Addison

  Sweet, Men, Slumber

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1822). “The Spectator: With Notes and Illustrations. In Six Volumes”, p.172

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• Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that's happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.

  Nicole Kidman

  Mistake, Learning, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Nov 09, 2016

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• Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

  William Shakespeare

  Risk, Bold Actions, Goodness

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. [214]

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• Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

  Hugh Prather

  Acceptance, Doubt, Faults

  Hugh Prather, James Baldwin (1983). “Notes to Myself”

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• Anything that you fight with or struggle against grows larger. You give power to lower energies by focusing upon them. You don't eliminate darkness by arguing with it. The only way to eliminate darkness is to turn on a light.

  Doreen Virtue

  Struggle, Fighting, Power

  FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Dec 29, 2011

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• Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.

  Charles Dickens

  Purple, Rags, Doe

  Charles Dickens (2009). “Speeches: Literary and Social: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.13, ReadHowYouWant.com

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