Advantage Quote by Joseph Butler

There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude.

— Robert Hughes

Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

— Thomas Chalmers

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

— Jonathan V. Last

Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.

— Plato

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

— John Vanbrugh

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

— John Bradshaw

As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life.…

— Alexis Carrel

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

For most men, and most circumstances, pleasure --tangible material prosperity in this world --is the safest test of virtue. Progress has ever been through…

— Samuel Butler

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

— Rick Hanson

Being virtuous is wonderful thing, but feeling virtuous is a shortcut to vice.

— Julian Baggini

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero