Virtuous Man Quotes
20 quotes by 19 authors
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A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others.
— Zengzi
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He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought…
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
— Ben Jonson
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A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings…
— Gautama Buddha
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The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next
— Gautama Buddha
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The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -…
— H. L. Mencken
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God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his will…
— Maximus the Confessor
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The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
— Confucius
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Every virtuous man is free.
— Philo
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Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.
— Sakya Pandita
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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
— Joseph Addison
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To sum up: I am the man who when the concern pressed him and his way was straitened and he could find no other device…
— Maimonides
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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse…
— Thomas Aquinas
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There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.
— Henry David Thoreau
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The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
— John Dryden
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The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.
— Sigmund Freud
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What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a…
— Deanna Raybourn
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He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his…
— Samuel Adams
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Universe opens all doors for a virtuous man.
— Ashwani Kumar Ojha
Who Wrote These Virtuous Man Quotes
19 authors contributed a total of 20 Virtuous Man Quotes as follows: