Character Quote by Geoffrey Wood

“The word "virtue" was once found in so many ancient quotes, yet now seems lost in our modern lives.”

— Robert Colton

“Virtues are common, but the virtuous are very few. This is because ordinarily, people know but do not apply what they know. To break…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“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

“What we term virtue is often but a mass of various actions and diverse interests, which fortune, or our own industry, manage to arrange;…

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“Virtue simply involves regulating your actions, words, and thoughts to create benefits rather than harms for yourself and others.”

— Rick Hanson

“To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon.”

— Idries Shah

“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

“Virtue became less the harsh and martial self-sacrifice of antiquity and more the modern willingness to get along with others for the sake of…

— Gordon S. Wood

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

— Barbara Pym

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

— Confucius

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

— Plato

“Virtue is a subordination of the passions to the intellect. It is to act in accordance with your highest convictions. It does not consist…

— Robert Ingersoll