Character Quote by Michel de Montaigne

Virtue can have naught to do with ease. . . . It craves a steep and thorny path.

— Michel de Montaigne

Virtue shuns ease as a companion. It demands a rough and thorny path.

— Michel de Montaigne

“The right path is characterised by rough road.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Take the gentle path.

— George Herbert

“In this world, the only easy path is the course of least resistance. This is the path always taken by a stream of water…

— Gary Henry

The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.

— Mencius

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

— James Russell Lowell

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.

— Juvenal

The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.

— William Shakespeare

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

— Henry David Thoreau

For many of us, the road is a difficult one, but the path is always there for us to follow, no matter how many…

— Joshua

Virtue, but still get the same paths, we have forgotten to take it on the eye

— Mak_786