virtuous individuals Quotes

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

Good people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either.

None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

He was a man who would never ask for sympathy. He was a man who sought only to do what was right. Such people appear in the world, every world, now and then, like a single refrain of some blessed song, a fragment caught on the spur of an otherwise raging cacophony. Imagine a world without such souls. Yes, it should have been harder to do.

Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

The best of men are men at best

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.

In every generation the number of the righteous is small. Be sure you are among them.

The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.

It's not that we don't have enough scoundrels to curse; it's that we don't have enough good men to curse them.

If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.

...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst.

The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.

For my own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men.

There cannot be a "good" society until there are "good" men.

I have known persons without a friend--never any one without some virtue. The virtues of the former conspired with their vices to make the whole world their enemies.

Amongst good men two men suffice.

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.

Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately.

The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.

I do believe that not just the churches but strong communities, strong trade unions, strong families can make a difference in terms of producing persons much more virtuous than what one usually finds in a gangster culture.

From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.

Men are always thinking that they are going to do something grandly wicked to their enemies; but when it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.