Quotes about Virtue
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.
- John Owen
Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.
- John Wooden
You can do more good by being good than any other way.
- John Wooden
Never lie. Never cheat. Never steal.
- John Wooden
Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.
- John Wooden
The smallest good dead is better than the best intention
- John Wooden
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. —ALBERT EINSTEIN
- John Wooden
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
- Mark Twain
The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.
- Ezra Taft Benson
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.
- Aristotle
Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth. A lying doctrine will soon beget a lying practice. A man cannot have an erroneous belief without by-and-by having an erroneous life. I believe the one thing naturally begets the other.
- Charles Spurgeon