It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
You cannot control everything that happens to you; you can only control the way you respond to what happens. In your response is your power.
The greatest virtue in Man is his undying sense of hope.
‎It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.
Virtue is never lonely. He who practices it will have friends.