Abstaining Quote by Joseph Butler

Virtue is nothing but an act of loving that which is to be beloved, and that act is prudence, from whence not to be…

— Francis Quarles

Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite…

— Albert Pike

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 akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.

— Ezra Taft Benson

So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that…

— Aristotle

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

— Alexis Carrel

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

— Plato

If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you are conventionally…

— Bertrand Russell

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

— Benjamin Whichcote

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock