Joseph Addison Quotes

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.

That courage which arises from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.

She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

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.

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.

Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man can be eminently virtuous who is not accustomed to an extensive range of reflection.

Piety softens all that courage bears.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage; but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice.

Because a warrior of light knows that he has duties and responsibilities.

The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.

Virtue shuns ease as a companion. It demands a rough and thorny path.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.

No cowardice, no sin, no crime, no weakness - the rest will come of itself. . .

A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.