Orson Scott Card Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.

  Orson Scott Card

  Time, Vices, Culture

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus”, p.48, Macmillan

• Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu. "I think those are the pertinent virtues, yes," said Peter. "Then let's do it. That's us in spades.

  Orson Scott Card

  Strong, Selfish, Thinking

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Children of the Mind”, p.185, Macmillan

• Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.

  Orson Scott Card

  Men, Hypocrisy, Dresses

  Orson Scott Card (1996). “Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.256, Macmillan

• People love to hear the brag of the local boy, because they want him to be great, but the foreigner must deny that he has any outstanding virtue - this is what will endear him to the locals.

  Orson Scott Card

  Boys, People, Want

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus”, p.133, Macmillan

• Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?

  Orson Scott Card

  Humble, Men, Trying

  Orson Scott Card (1996). “Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.13, Macmillan

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