Character Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“Aristotle defined the virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

“Let us then, by all means, be proud of the virtues that we have not got; but let us not be too arrogant about…

— G.K. Chesterton

“The philosophy asserts that virtue (meaning, chiefly, the four cardinal virtues of self-control, courage, justice, and wisdom) is happiness, and it is our perceptions…

— Ryan Holiday

“Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.”

— Barbara Pym

“Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.”

— Anonymous

“Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else Is else, and without praise.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“When I was a young philosopher, I asked a senior colleague, Pat Suppes (then and now a famous philosopher of science and an astute…

— John R. Perry

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on…

— Heinrich Heine

“Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.”

— Plato

“If they ever envision Goodness as a thing that exists outside them, some real thing they’ve been called to participate in by their actions,…

— Geoffrey Wood

“The life of active virtue is essentially pleasant.”

— Aristotle