Character Quote by Philip James Bailey

The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

— Laozi

The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

— Laozi

The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.

— Laozi

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued…

— William Hazlitt

The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

— William Shakespeare

No matter how weak and negative a good man is, he has as many sins on him as he can bear

— John Steinbeck

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by…

— William Hazlitt

He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own…

— Samuel Johnson

Both as to high and low indifferently, men are prepossessed, charmed, fascinated by success; successful crimes are praised very much like virtue itself, and…

— Jean de la Bruyere

The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in…

— Christine de Pizan