Virtue

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

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

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.

David Starr Jordan

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Virtuous ten years - still not enough; evil one day - too much already.

Virtuous ten years - still not enough; evil one day - too much already.

Chinese proverbs

Christianity seems at first to be about morality, rules, guilt and virtue, yet it leads you out of that, into something beyond.

Christianity seems at first to be about morality, rules, guilt and virtue, yet it leads you out of that, into something beyond.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

William Shakespeare

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Benjamin Franklin

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.

Benjamin Franklin

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Eleanor Roosevelt

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Winston Churchill

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

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

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Marcus Aurelius

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Saint Augustine