Quotes About Virtue

An honorable quality.

who argued that the nomos revealed to Moses on Sinai was equivalent to the law of nature, the supreme norm of both knowledge and virtue.23

The purest of virtue signaling can be seen in the likes of what was found on actor James Franco's now-deleted Instagram page. Franco's brief bio included the caveat "if you're racist, sexist, or homophobic, get the f*** out of here." It takes courage to stand up to "racists," but writing out the F-word is a bridge too far, apparently.

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." ? John Wooden Quote

A friend asks if I know the difference between a saint and a martyr: A saint is someone who radiates goodness and bears no faults. A martyr is someone who lives with a saint.

Liberty is the object of the Republic. Liberty needs virtue. Virtue among the people is impossible without religion.

Strength we think to be a virtue in government, but we do not find our defense against disintegration either in arbitrary or in very great power. Indeed, we are inclined to see in both these the symptoms of an already advanced decay

on cultivating virtue upon practice] Rousseau held a similar view. The more a country asks of its citizens, the greater their devotion to it. "In a well-ordered city every man flies to the assemblies." Under a bad government, no one participates in public life "because no one is interested in what happens there" and "domestic cares are all-absorbing." Civic virtue is built up, not spent down, by strenuous citizenship.

This is what I have always loved about you humans. You are essentially good." "Not everyone," Machiavelli said tiredly. "No. Not everyone. But enough.

I'm not sure what a good person is, exactly. On the one hand, it could be someone who always play by the rules. But can someone follow the rules and still be a real jerk? In fact, some of the biggest idiots I know are people who follow the rules, usually because they make you feel like crap when you don't.

Good is not the opposite of evil, joy is the opposite of evil.

On the other hand, constant hysteria did have one unintended political virtue. If every new event canceled out every other event, like some wacky news-cycle pyramid scheme, then you always survived another day.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

When I religiously confess myself to myself, I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path… is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

Virtue craves a steep and thorny path.

The greater the proportion of pure morality in a particular system, the happier and more enduring the society.

L'intelligence, cette vertu sublime que définit l'art de lier ce qui, a priori, et pour la plupart, passe pour délié.

You cannot have a society of angels except in heaven

While you wait for your godly man, you should maintain the posture of a well-kept woman [...] The person should add to, not take away from, your life. You maintain who you are and allow God to be picky for you.

being quick to anger sure ain't a fruit of the Spirit.