What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.
The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.
And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame.
Noblest minds are easiest bent.
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.
All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.
We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.
The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.
Seeming devotion does but gild a knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave; But where religion does with virtue join, It makes a hero like an angel shine.
Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
Now the goodness that we have to consider is clearly human goodness, since the good or happiness which we set out to seek was human good and human happiness. But human goodness means in our view excellence of soul, not excellence of body.
Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.
If any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having first conceived these endure to listen to anything which should not be in harmony with what is really good.
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy.
Societies in which we are able to unify ourselves around values and ideals and character and how we treat each other and cooperation and innovation, ultimately are gonna be more successful than societies that don't.
Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous.
Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.
