Virtue Quotes
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That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.
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...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.
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Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil. Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil.
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The absence of temptation is the absence of virtue.
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The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.
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Virtue has her heroes tooAs well as Fame and Fortune.
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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
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A state of the soul is either an emotion, a capacity, or a disposition; virtue therefore must be one of these three things.
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There must be in prudence also some master virtue.
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The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the soul which control action and the attainment of truth: namely, Sensation, Intellect, and Desire. Of these, Sensation never originates action, as is shown by the fact that animals have sensation but are not capable of action.
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Happiness is the reward of virtue.
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Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are deficient in higher qualities.
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Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.
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In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.
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Error is multiform, whereas success is possible in one way only; so this is another reason why excess and deficiency are a mark of vice, and observance of the mean a mark of virtue: Goodness is simple, badness is manifold.
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Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue.
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To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which have built great men and women and point the way by which one may find happiness in the living of today and eternal joy in the world to come. These are the qualities which are the anchors to our lives, in spite of the trials, the tragedies, the pestilences, and the cruelties of war which bring in their wake appalling destruction, hunger, and bloodshed
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Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue finds and chooses the mean.
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Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
