Virtue Quotes

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

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

"If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame. If they be led by virtue, they will have the sense of shame, and moreover will become good."

Confucius

"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."

Confucius

"A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others."

Francis Bacon

"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive."

Erik Erikson