Quotes about Virtue
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
— Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
— Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout a complete life.
— Aristotle
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
— Aristotle
We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.
— Aristotle
The man who does not enjoy doing noble actions is not a good man at all.
— Aristotle
Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
— Aristotle
Man's work as Man is accomplished by virtue of Practical Wisdom and Moral Virtue, the latter giving the right aim and direction, the former the right means to its attainment;
— Aristotle
Hence while in respect of its substance and the definition that states what it really is in essence virtue is the observance of the mean, in point of excellence and rightness it is an extreme.
— Aristotle
There is no such thing as observing a mean in excess or deficiency, nor as exceeding or falling short in observance of a mean.
— Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
— Aristotle