Virtue Quotes

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind.

I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are noted for their special virtuousness, for they radiate an atmosphere of the torture they inflict on themselves. That is not a virtue but a vice.

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.