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Virtue Quotes We have collected and put the best virtue quotes from around the world. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is...

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Obedience

Obedience Obedience (Lat. obêdire, “to hearken to”, hence “to obey”) is complying with a command or precept. It is here regarded not as a transitory and isolated act but rather as a virtue or principle of righteous conduct. It is then said to be the moral habit by which one...

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Good

Good “Good” is one of those primary ideas which cannot be strictly defined. In order to fix its philosophical significance we may begin by observing that the word is employed firstly as an adjective and secondly as a substantive. This distinction which is clearly marked in French by the two different terms, bon and le bien, may...

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Simplicity

Simplicity Simplicity is the state or quality of being simple. Something easy to understand or explain seems simple, in contrast to something complicated. Alternatively, as Herbert A. Simon suggests, something is simple or complex depending on the way we choose to describe it. In some uses, the label “simplicity” can imply beauty, purity, or clarity. In other...

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Virtue Of Religion

Virtue Of Religion This article covers the virtue of religion. Of the three proposed derivations of the word “religion”, that suggested by Lactantius and endorsed by St. Augustine seems perhaps to accord better with the idea than the others. He says it comes from religare, to bind. Thus it would mean the bond uniting man...

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Punctuality

Punctuality Punctuality is a virtue. An opposite personality trait is a tardiness. Punctuality is the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time. “Punctual“ is often used synonymously with “on time“. According to each culture, there is often an understanding of...

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What Is Prudence?

What Is Prudence? Prudence is from Latin prudentia, contracted from providentia, meaning seeing ahead. One of the four cardinal virtues. Definitions of it are plentiful from Aristotle down. His “recta ratio agibilium” has the merits of brevity and inclusiveness. Father Rickaby aptly renders it as “right reason applied to practice”. A fuller description...

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Prudence: Mother of All Virtues

Prudence: Mother of All Virtues Prudence, the “mother” of all of the virtues, is the virtue by which a person recognizes his moral duty and the good means to accomplish it. I keep hearing about the importance of virtue and being virtuous, but no one explains what virtue is. Why...

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Piety

Piety Piety is a virtue which may include religious devotion or spirituality. A common element in most conceptions of piety is a duty of respect. In a religious context, piety may be expressed through pious activities or devotions, which may vary among countries and cultures. Etymology The word piety comes from the Latin word pietas, the noun form of...

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What Is Obedience?

What Is Obedience? Obedience, to the secular mind and more so than any other virtue seems to be a vice. By the same token, there is no more certain route to personal disaster than obeying only oneself. We are not so wise or self-sufficient that we can afford to shut...

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Obedience (Human Behavior)

Obedience (Human Behavior) Obedience (human behavior) is a form of “social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure”. Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which is behavior influenced by peers, and from conformity, which is behavior intended to match that of the majority. Depending on context,...

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The Virtue Of Obedience

The Virtue Of Obedience The virtue of obedience presumes that rightful authority exists.  And it leads us to respect and comply with those who properly exercise it. Obedience has been central to my life. We live in a turbulent time; a time that’s similar, in some ways, to the various...

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Moderation In Islam

Moderation In Islam Moderation in Islam, or Moderate Islam, is one of the basic terms and deliberately used topics in Islam. In the sense of shariah, it is a central characteristic of Islamic creed and has been used from the very beginning of Islam. It refers to a justly balanced way of life,...

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Moderation

Moderation Moderation is the process of eliminating or lessening extremes. It is used to ensure normality throughout the medium on which it is being conducted. Common uses of moderation include: Ensuring consistency and accuracy in the marking of student assessments. A moderator may remove unsuitable contributions from the website, forum or chat room they represent in accordance with their moderation system. A...

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Meekness (Virtue)

Meekness (Virtue) Why do I say that the virtue of meekness brings life? Consider the difference between someone who is ready to cavil at the least perception of a wrong done to him, and one who is, as God is, “slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy” (Ps. 103:8). We...

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Loyalty

Loyalty Loyalty, in general use, is a devotion and faithfulness to a nation, cause, philosophy, country, group, or person. Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, as some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another human being can be the object of loyalty. The definition of loyalty in law and political science...

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Liberality (Virtue)

Liberality (Virtue) To follow in the way of Jesus, then, is to be free: to be free from deadening self-service, so as to be free for love.  It follows that liberality has nothing to do with what is cheap, tawdry, proud, vain, cruel, negligent, or insensible. When Jesus first sent...

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Idealism As A Virtue

Idealism As A Virtue Idealism in life is the characteristic of those who regard the ideas of truth and right, goodness and beauty, as standards and directive forces. In discussing this term and its meaning, reference must be had to the cognate expressions, idealist, idealized, ideal (adjective), and the ideal (noun), all of which are derived from the Greek idéa. This signifies...

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Helping Behavior

Helping Behavior Helping behavior refers to voluntary actions intended to help the others, with reward regarded or disregarded. It is a type of prosocial behavior (voluntary action intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals, such as sharing, comforting, rescuing and helping). Altruism is distinguished from helping behavior. Altruism...

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The Virtue Of Gratitude

The Virtue Of Gratitude There can be no happiness without gratitude. We need to know whom to thank for the gift of life. But we also need to thank Him, and the proper form of thanks is to safeguard and cherish what we have been given. In Luke 17:11-19, we...