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The List of Virtues

Welcome to the Virtue List!
Click on a Virtue for some inspiring quotes about it. Each Virtue page also includes it's definition, it's etymology/the origin of it's meaning and positive suggestions about it. Easy Print Version

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Acceptance	To consider circumstances, especially those that can not be changed, as satisfactory.
Accountability	The quality or state of being accountable; especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions.
Ambition	Having a strong desire for success or achievement.
Assertiveness	Disposed to or characterized by bold or confident assertion.
Beauty	The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. Aesthetic harmony.
Benevolence	The disposition to do good.
Bravery	A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger of pain without showing fear.
Caring	to give care. A concern for...
Charity	Generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering. Aid given to those in need.
Chastity	Purity in conduct and intention.
Caution	Avoidance of rashness, attention to safety.
Cleanliness	Careful to keep clean : fastidious, habitually kept clean.
Commitment	The firm carrying out of purpose.
Compassion	Sympathetic awareness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.
Confidence	A feeling of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances. Faith in oneself.
Consideration	Thoughtful and sympathetic regard for the needs of others. Careful thought.
Contentment	The quality of feeling satisfied with one's possessions, status, or situation.
Cooperation	To associate with another or others for mutual benefit/to achieve a shared goal.
Courage	A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
Courtesy	Polite, respectful or considerate behaviour mindful of other people.
Creativity	The ability to create. A quality involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts.
Curiosity	A desire to find out and know things.
Defiance	Bold resistance.
Dependability	Reliable, worthy of reliance or trust.
Detachment	Freedom from atachments.
Determination	Firmness of purpose.
Devotion	A great love or loyalty, enthusiastic zeal.
Diligence	Conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation. Persevering determination to perform a task.
Discernment	The ability to distinguish; judgement; Discrimination; To distinguish between things; To perceive differences that exist.
Discretion	Being discrete in ones speech, keeping secrets.
Discipline	The trait of being well behaved and under control.
Eloquence	Powerful and effective language. Fluent, persuasive and articulate speech.
Empathy	Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.
Enthusiasm	A feeling of excitement. Exuberance: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval.
Excellence	The quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree.
Faith	Complete confidence in a person, plan or set of beliefs etc.
Faithfulness	Steadfast in affection or allegiance; loyal.
Flexibility	Adaptable, able to be changed to suit circumstances.
Focus	Concentrated awareness and effort.
Forbearance	Restraint under provocation; patience: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
Forgiveness	To cease to feel angry or bitter towards a person or about an offense.
Fortitude	Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
Friendliness	Agreeableness is a tendency to be pleasant and accommodating.
Frugality	Prudence in avoiding waste. Being economical with resources.
Generosity	Giving or ready to give freely, free from meanness or prejudice.
Gentleness	Moderate; mild, quite; not rough or severe.
Grace	Elegance and beauty of movement or expression.
Gratitude	Being thankful.
Helpfulness	The quality of providing useful assistance.
Honesty	Truthful; sincere; not lying or cheating.
Honor	Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent. Worthy of being honored.
Hope	The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.
Humbleness	Modest; not arrogant or boastful.
Humility	A disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride.
Humor	The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd.
Idealism	High mindedness: elevated ideals and conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued.
Integrity	Moral soundness; Integrity is consistency of values and actions. Unbroken completeness with nothing lacking.
Impartiality	Fair. An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally without bias.
Industry	Diligent, hardworking.
Innocence	Guileless, not guilty.
Joyfulness	The emotion of great happiness
Justice	Fair, impartial, giving a deserved response.
Kindness	Friendly, helpful, well meaning.
Knowledge	Part of the hierarchy made up of data, information and knowledge. Data are raw facts. Information is data with context and perspective. Knowledge is information with guidance for action based upon insight and experience.
Liberality	An inclination to favor progress and individual freedom the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.
Love	A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
Loyalty	Steadfast in allegiance to one's homeland, government, or sovereign. Faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty.
Magnanimity	The virtue of being great of mind and heart. It encompasses, usually, a refusal to be petty, a willingness to face danger, and actions for noble purposes.
Majesty	Great and impressive dignity.
Meekness	The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness; a disposition to be patient and long suffering.
Mercy	Clemency: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.
Moderation	The avoidance of extremes in one's actions or opinions.
Modesty	Freedom from vanity or conceit. Not inclined to boast.
Obedience	Willingness to obey, to be controlled when necessary, to carry out orders.
Openness	Ready and willing to talk candidly.Unsecretive.
Orderliness	Neatness and tidiness. A personality trait which involves the organization of things into a state of order and symmetry. The quality of appreciating method and system.
Patience	The ability to endure delay, trouble, pain or hardship.
Peace	Freedom from mental agitation; serenity.
Perseverance	Being persistent, refusing to stop despite failures, delays and difficulties.
Persistence	Never-ceasing, relentless.
Piety	Humble devotion to a high ideal.
Prudence	Wise or careful in conduct. Shrewd or thrifty in planning ahead.
Punctuality	The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time.
Purity	Freedom from defilement. Undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material. Unsullied by sin or moral wrong.
Purposefulness	Having a definite goal.
Reliability	Can be trusted to do something.
Resoluteness	The quality of being firm in purpose.
Resourcefulness	The ablility to act effectively or imaginatively, especially in regard to difficult situations and unusual problems.
Respect	Admiration for others. Treating people with due dignity.
Responsibility	Having control over and accountability for appropriate events.
Restraint	Holding Back.
Reverence	Profound awe and respect.
Righteousness	Adhering to moral principles. Holiness.
Selflessness	The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
Self Sacrifice	The giving up of one's own benefit, especially giving up one's life, for the good of others.
Service	Work done by one person or group that benefits another.
Sensitivity	Heightened awareness of oneself and others within the context of social and personal relationships.
Silence	Inner peace. Being silent.
Simplicity	Straightforward; not complex or complicated. Unpretentious.
Sincerity	Free from pretense or deceit in manner or actions.
Sobriety	Serious, solemn and calm. Free from intoxication.
Spontaneity	Natural, not planned.
Steadfastness	Firm, resolute; determinedly unwavering.
Strength	Capable of exerting great force.
Tact	Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense.
Temperance	Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression. Restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors/intoxicants.
Thankfulness	Warm friendly feelings of gratitude.
Thrift	The characteristic of using a minimum of something. Saving.
Tolerance	Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something; tending to withstand or survive.
Toughness	Strong and durable; not easily damaged.
Tranquility	Serenely quite and peaceful; undisturbed.
Trust	Having confidence in others; lacking suspicion.
Trustworthiness	Able to be trusted or depended on; reliable.
Truthfulness	Accurately depicting what is real.
Understanding	Comprehension, assimilation of knowledge. The holistic awareness of facts.
Unity	Freedom from division. Oneness.
Vitality	Exuberant physical strength or mental vigor, energy.
Wisdom	The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight.
Wonder	The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising.
Zeal	Ardor. A feeling of strong eagerness. Tireless devotion.

If you think of a virtue that should be on the Virtue List then please contact me, thanks.

Definition of Virtue: Excellence in morals; A good habit; a character trait or quality valued as being good.

Etymology of Virtue: early 13c., "moral life and conduct, moral excellence," vertu, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vertu, from L. virtutem (nom. virtus) "moral strength, manliness, valor, excellence, worth,"

Positive Suggestions: "Awaken your natural Virtue" "Perfect Virtue is within you" "Allow yourself to feel Virtue now" "Accept Virtue" "Trust in your Virtue"

Read these short Articles: Virtue and Character-Why Study? Is there a Foundation Virtue?

Are you interested in healing your character? Would you like to increase your Virtues? If so then I recommend:
"Inner Medicine" my free ebook available on this site. (48 short chapters-16 of which are practical inner exercises).

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