--- title: "11 Christian Virtue Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Christian Virtue quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Christian Virtue sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_christian_all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue_360624.png" --- > [All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue-and-holiness-no-matter-in/) [Saint Francis de Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-francis-de-sales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_christian_all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue_360624.png) > [Charity, or brotherly kindness, is as much a Masonic as it is a Christian virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-dr-slade/charity-or-brotherly-kindness-is-as-much-a-masonic-as-it-is-a/) [Rev Dr Slade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rev-dr-slade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/rev-dr-slade-272302_generosity_charity-or-brotherly-kindness-is-as-much_2522111.jpg) > [“all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love. \[19”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-catholic-church/all-the-works-of-perfect-christian-virtue-spring-from-love-and-have/) [The Catholic Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-catholic-church/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/the-catholic-church-41502_christianity_all-the-works-of-perfect-christian-virtu_2543825.jpg) > [Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stenson/being-poor-in-spirit-a-christian-virtue-means-being-detached-from/) [James Stenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/james-stenson-70322_able_being-poor-in-spirit-a-christian-virtue_3041977.jpg) > [Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/sincerity-is-a-christian-virtue-as-is-honesty-about-our-struggles-but/) [Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/kevin-deyoung-1086_authenticity_sincerity-is-a-christian-virtue-as-is-ho_974500.png) > [Yes, I believe you can be right with God and still not like the way some people behave. Our admonition is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/yes-i-believe-you-can-be-right-with-god-and-still-not-like-the-way/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_admonition_yes-i-believe-you-can-be-right-with-god_1141646.png) > [Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/do-unto-others-is-a-good-rule-of-thumb-i-live-by-that-forgiveness-is/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/ricky-gervais-851_be-good_do-unto-others-is-a-good-rule-of-thumb-i_762467.png) > [“Mr. Blatchford attacks Christianity because he is mad on one Christian virtue: the merely mystical and almost irrational virtue of charity. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/mr-blatchford-attacks-christianity-because-he-is-mad-on-one-christian/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/g-k-chesterton-224_christian_mr-blatchford-attacks-christianity-becau_3228482.jpg) > [“The fate of Susan Pevensie indicates some sort of crazed, deranged Manichaeism. Here’s a simple test: What is the greatest Christian virtue?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/the-fate-of-susan-pevensie-indicates-some-sort-of-crazed-deranged/) [Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/philip-pullman-525_greatest-christian_the-fate-of-susan-pevensie-indicates-som_2188219.png) > [If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/if-love-is-the-soul-of-christian-existence-it-must-be-at-the-heart-of/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/richard-rohr-618_abasement_if-love-is-the-soul-of-christian-existen_1401064.png) > [“Religion is, as I say, something universal and something human, and something impossible to eradicate, nor would I want to eradicate it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/religion-is-as-i-say-something-universal-and-something-human-and/) [Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/philip-pullman-525_christian-religion_religion-is-as-i-say-something-universal_3184300.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-virtue/#itemlist", "name": "Christian Virtue Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saint Francis de Sales" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue-and-holiness-no-matter-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_christian_all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue_360624.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_christian_all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue_360624.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_christian_all-of-us-can-attain-to-christian-virtue_360624.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no…” — Saint Francis de Sales", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Charity, or brotherly kindness, is as much a Masonic as it is a Christian virtue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rev Dr Slade" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-dr-slade/charity-or-brotherly-kindness-is-as-much-a-masonic-as-it-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/rev-dr-slade-272302_generosity_charity-or-brotherly-kindness-is-as-much_2522111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/rev-dr-slade-272302_generosity_charity-or-brotherly-kindness-is-as-much_2522111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/rev-dr-slade-272302_generosity_charity-or-brotherly-kindness-is-as-much_2522111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Charity, or brotherly kindness, is as much a Masonic as it is a Christian virtue.” — Rev Dr Slade", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“all the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love. 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Chesterton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/mr-blatchford-attacks-christianity-because-he-is-mad-on-one-christian/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/g-k-chesterton-224_christian_mr-blatchford-attacks-christianity-becau_3228482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/g-k-chesterton-224_christian_mr-blatchford-attacks-christianity-becau_3228482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/g-k-chesterton-224_christian_mr-blatchford-attacks-christianity-becau_3228482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mr. Blatchford attacks Christianity because he is mad on one Christian virtue: the merely mystical and…” — G.K. Chesterton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The fate of Susan Pevensie indicates some sort of crazed, deranged Manichaeism. Here’s a simple test: What is the greatest Christian virtue? Well, it’s charity, isn’t it? It's love. If somebody who knew nothing about Christian doctrine, and who had been told that Lewis was a great Christian teacher, read all the way through those books, would he get that message? 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But religion, at various points in human history, notably the history of western Europe and the history of some parts of the Middle East more recently, has acquired political power, and put its hands on the levers of social authority. It decides who shall live and who shall die. It decides how we shall dress, what we shall be allowed to read, whether we shall go to war, and so on. 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