Character Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“If being alive is not a virtue, then there is little virtue in virtue.”

— Tom Robbins

“Without temptation what value is virtue?”

— Ian Brady

“Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.”

— Barbara Pym

“If you give evil nothing to oppose, then virtue will return by itself.”

— Lao Tzu

“On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be; nothing else rewards it.”

— Marsha Hinds

“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanours, and faith quickly becomes cruel if it is not subdued by certain doubts.”

— Amin Maalouf

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

— Rick Hanson

“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

“Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.”

— Anonymous

“Virtue is admirable, but boring.”

— John Twelve Hawks

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

— Pope Leo I

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

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau