Virtuous Quotes
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Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
Terry Eagleton -
I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous.
Sarah Dessen
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It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.
Tom G. Palmer -
The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
Confucius -
The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton