Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows.

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.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

It is of little traits that the greatest human character is composed.

John McCain is never the kind of person that lies to himself. When he does something wrong he knows it and deals with it.... One of the few great men.

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.

I'm a good man.

So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate.

O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends.

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.