Virtue Quotes

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."

Cicero

"There is no praise like the praise of never lying; it brings every other virtue without effort."

Thiruvalluvar

"Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life."

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

"Of all the things we have seen as truly real, nothing is better than truthfulness."

Thiruvalluvar

"One who speaks truth from the heart surpasses those who perform penance and give gifts."

Thiruvalluvar

"If one never lies, one need not practise any other virtue."

Thiruvalluvar

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."

"Domestic life is truly the virtuous life."

Thiruvalluvar

"Of all who strive for the good, those who live the household life rightly are the foremost."

Thiruvalluvar

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."

David Starr Jordan

"He who kills gratitude can never escape, though he may escape after destroying every other virtue."

Thiruvalluvar

"Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices."

Thomas Fuller

"The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it."

Confucius

"Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows."

Robert G. Ingersoll

"With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?"

Fernand Méry

"The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing."

Blaise Pascal

"They that have power to hurt and will do none... They rightly do inherit heaven's graces."

"Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue."

Edmund Burke

"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."

John Locke

"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues."

Saint Augustine

"Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue."

John Herschel

"Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues."

Confucius

"Filial piety is the root of virtue."

Confucius