Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old virtue quotes, virtue sayings, and virtue proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. Dalai Lama
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. Aesop
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People show their character by what they laugh at. German (on character and virtue)
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Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai Lama
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Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest. Benjamin Franklin
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Sweet are the slumbers of a virtuous man. Joseph Addison
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td>Caesar did not merit the triumphal car more than he that conquers himself. Benjamin Franklin
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The best way to keep good acts in memory is to repeat them. Cato
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The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. William Hazlitt
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The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand.Chinese (on paradox)
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The pleasure of doing good is the only one that will not wear out. Chinese (on good and evil)
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The real art of conversation is not only saying the right thing at the right moment but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the most tempting moment. unknown
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The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong. Benjamin Franklin
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Virtue alone is true nobility. William Gifford
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Virtue is like a rich stone, it's best plain set. Francis Bacon
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Wealth and content are not always bedfellows. Benjamin Franklin
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What you cannot avoid, welcome. Chinese Proverb
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When love and skill go together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin
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When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about ears. Jamaican (on courtesy and respect)
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Where you were born is less important than how you live. Turkish (on character and virtue)
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Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. Benjamin Franklin
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You are what you eat. German Proverb
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You become what you think about. Buddha
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You can't stop a pig from wallowing in the mud. Yoruba - West Africa (on character and virtue)
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I prefer a comfortable vice to a virtue that bores.Moliere
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It is queer how it is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.Rebecca West
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You may have noted the fact that it is a person's virtues as often as his vices that make him difficult to live with.Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring up modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.Thornton Wilder
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We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.John Steinbeck
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Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. George Bernard Shaw