Action Quote by Herman Melville

Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them,…

— Laozi

False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the…

— Lord Acton

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.

— Otto Weininger

Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.

— Thomas Jefferson

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

— Christopher Hitchens

Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

The sentiment of virtue is a reverence and delight in the presence of certain divine laws. It perceives that this homely game of life…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

— Seneca the Younger

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

— Laozi

If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw over your…

— Epifanio de los Santos

Virtue is harmony.

— Pythagoras