"...virtue is not merely a state in conformity……" — Aristotle
"...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."
More Conduct Quotes
- Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. — Jane Austen
- Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the… — Albert Bandura
- The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would… — Dave Barry
- Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability. — Hans Bender
- Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to… — Pope Benedict XVI
- It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes. — Joe Biden
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
- Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage,… — Jacqueline Bisset
- Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the… — Andrea Bocelli
- How do you conduct an intimate relationship where no one ever loses it? Where no one ever lashes out, where… — Jo Brand
- The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other… — John O. Brennan
- The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper… — Jacob Bronowski