Character Quote by Aristotle

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

— Plato

“Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit – without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.”

— Steven Moffat

“As long as someone remains standing with a noble heart there will always be a way for good to triumph over evil.”

— Chris Colfer

“If being alive is not a virtue, then there is little virtue in virtue.”

— Tom Robbins

“When you are truly aligned with virtue, there is no sense of arrogance, righteousness, or superiority. When you are truly aligned with virtue, a…

— Chin-Ning Chu

“There is nothing more glorious—nothing that does more honour to true virtue, than the confidence with which one approaches a friend of tried integrity.”

— Antoine François Prévost

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

— Barbara Pym

“The life of active virtue is essentially pleasant.”

— Aristotle

“Virtue is too passive, too narrow. Virtue can motivate individuals, but for groups, societies, a whole civilisation, it’s a weak force. Nations are never…

— Ian McEwan

“It is not that a man of virtue is honored because of high office, but rather that the office is honored because of his…

— Boethius

“The most important thing about virtue is to talk as if you're in favor of it.”

— Loraine Despres

“Perhaps it is time for humanity to realize that noble ends can only be attained through ethical means.”

— Sahar El-Nadi