Advancement Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

— Anonymous

When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome.

— Laozi

Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite…

— Albert Pike

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

— Walter Scott

Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar power of…

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he…

— Samuel Johnson

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

— Thomas Malthus

The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“One who calls virtue into being is one who has what it takes to make a success.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld, every noble…

— Sivananda

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that…

— Diogenes

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

— Pope Leo I