Acceptable Quote by John Milton

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of…

— Max Heindel

Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in…

— Joseph Butler

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd…

— William Ellery Channing

Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.

— Benjamin Whichcote

No single virtue is, on its own, necessarily virtuous.

— Jonathan V. Last

“Virtue is not a solitary, uncomplicated thing.” Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked. “Virtues may…

— Ann Leckie

Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

— Alphonse Karr

Virtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian…

— Jane Porter

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

— Confucius

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

— Pope Leo I