Virtues!

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Virtue - Latin virtus; Greek ἀρετή) is moral excellence. A virtue is a character trait or quality valued as being always good in and of itself.



I was asked the other day at work and seriosly can't really think of any. I suppose I'm quite observant - I'm not so sure as I've never noticed this.

I'm good at spotting a good pair of legs and heels from a mile or so away and often get caught walking in sorts of directions across Liverpool St. at 7:30 in the morning Not sure that's a good thing!

Examples of virtues include:


ability
acceptance
altruism
assertiveness
attention, focus
autonomy
awareness
balance
beauty
benevolence
candor
caring
caution
charity
chastity
Citizenship
cleanliness
commitment
compassion
confidence
consciousness
consideration
contentment
cooperativeness
courage
courteousness
creativity
cunning
curiosity
dependability
detachment
determination
diligence
discernment
empathy
encouragement
endurance
enthusiasm
equanimity
equity
excellence
fairness
faithfulness, fidelity
flexibility
foresight
forgiveness
fortitude
friendliness
generosity
gentleness
goodness
gratitude, appreciation
happiness
health
helpfulness
honesty
honor
hopefulness
hospitality
humility
humor
idealism
imagination
impartiality
independence
Individualism
industriousness
innocence
integrity
intuition
inventiveness
justice
kindness
knowledge
Logic
lovingness
loyalty
meekness
mercy
moderation
modesty
morality
nonviolence
nurturing
obedience
openness
optimism
order
patience
peacefulness
perseverance
philanthropy
philomathy
piety
potential
prudence
purity
purposefulness
Reason
readiness
remembrance
resilience
respectfulness
responsibility
restraint, Self Control
reverence
self-awareness
self-confidence
self-discipline
self-reliance
self-respect
sensitivity
service
sharing
sincerity
skill
spirituality
strength
sympathy
tactfulness
temperance
tenacity
thankfulness
thoughtfulness
trustworthiness
truthfulness
understanding
unity
unselfishness
wisdom
work



List no more than ten virtues or 10 virtues of other members:



Here's mine that I can think of :


Awareness
Candor
Courteousness
Determination
Edurance
Honesty
Helpfulness
Humor
Prepardness
bit of wisdom in their too somewhere
 
Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace, Grace is a naughty girl who doesn't wash her face.

My dad always used to say that when I was little. No idea why.
 
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