Actions words Quote by Rick Hanson

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“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

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 a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“I've come to believe that virtue isn’t a condition of character. It’s an elected action. It’s a choice we keep making, over and over,…

— Rhoda Janzen

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

— John Bradshaw

“Virtue is what happens when someone has made a thousand small choices requiring effort and concentration to do something which is good and right,…

— N.T. Wright

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

— Nomy Arpaly

“The philosophy asserts that virtue (meaning, chiefly, the four cardinal virtues of self-control, courage, justice, and wisdom) is happiness, and it is our perceptions…

— Ryan Holiday

“Virtue is what happens when habitual choices have been wise.”

— N.T. Wright

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

— Alexis Carrel

“habits of virtue and vice are caused by acts”

— Aristotle