Character Quote by William Penn

people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly…

— John Hancock

We are more put off by people who parade their dignity than by people who show off their wardrobes. When people have to trick…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community

— Arthur Dobrin

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner,…

— Aristotle

The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous that others…

— Samuel Johnson

To be a person of high self esteem you must inculcate virtue of open mind and respect to others opinions, even when you don't…

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature…

— Stephen Covey

I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

— Tom Petty

Virtue is everywhere that which is thought praiseworthy; and nothing else but that which has the allowance of public esteem is called virtue.

— John Locke

It is in the middle classes of society that all the finest feeling, and the most amiable propensities of our nature do principally nourish…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

— Nathaniel Branden