Character Quote by Geoffrey Wood

“Virtue is a system and men do heroic acts as part of the day's work and without self-consciousness.”

— Charles H. Cooley

“Throughout the history of mankind, the virtues embraced by humanity have remained true, unwavering, and consistent.”

— Susan C. Young

The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all…

— Moliere

“Little men,” he once said, “spend their days in pursuit of such things. I know from experience that at the moment of their deaths…

— Mark Helprin

“Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it…

— St. Francis de Sales

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

— Tom Robbins

“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 virtues of valor and love of liberty; the only virtues which can have place among an uncivilized people, where justice and humanity are…

— David Hume

“You will live in a world of responsible beings, who will be as consistent and reliable as facts; the guarantee of their character will…

— Ayn Rand

“Some seek only the appearance of justice and virtues. Some seek real justice and virtues. Some others are too lazy to search at all.”

— Klaudio Marashi

“It is undoubtedly the case that the practice of the virtues makes one happier. We’ve somewhat lost sight of that essential truth, now that…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“but you must keep on shoving all the virtues outward till they are finally located in the circle of fantasy, and all the desirable…

— C.S. Lewis