Character Quote by Max Heindel

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Plato

Virtue is about wanting right and good things, not about being particularly good at thinking.

— Nomy Arpaly

What is virtue? Reason in practice.

— Joseph Chenier

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community

— Arthur Dobrin

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

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

— Benjamin Whichcote

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 is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in…

— Aristotle

“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