57 Movie Quotes about Virtue (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: May 5, 2026

Memorable quotes about virtue, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 You tried. That's the true measure of a man. Whether you win or lose, to try.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

32 In the end, veracity and rectitude always triumph.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

33 Right and wrong? But. But how will I know? -How will he know? -Your conscience will tell you.

Richard Percy Jones as Pinocchio; Evelyn Venable as The Blue Fairy in Pinocchio (1939)

34 All right, men. I respect your right to petition. But I do question and I will fight any petition that denies any American the right to earn his living in the game that is supposed to represent the democratic principles of sportsmanship and fair play!

Minor Watson as Branch Rickey in The Jackie Robinson Story

35 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956)

36 What is man's use? Why is he here? Why is he born at all? -To leave the world in some way better than he found it.

Earl Hammond as Santa Claus in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)

37 Almost at the moment he died I heard him say, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. -Even then. -Even then.

Charlton Heston as Judah Ben Hur in Ben-Hur (1959)

38 But skill is not so important. What counts is the morality behind the skill. You agree?

Quote from Heroes of the East (1978)

39 You know, I even imagined that some day someone might try to bribe me with a small fortune. -Now, what did you do? -I was tempted. -That's a good start. -But I said no.

Joanna Lumley as Marie Jouvet in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

40 I believe in a hereafter. -Me, too. I figure a man's got to believe in those things, does he want to believe in the good things about man. About his very own self. The real good things. Like courage and honesty And love.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo (1960)