Sentence examples similar to a reputation for virtuous behavior from inspiring English sources

Instead, they expected to get a companion angel only as a reward for virtuous behavior," Muehlberger said.

Should employers not treat a clean criminal history as a positive element in the hiring process: a sort of priority for non-offenders, a reward, and encouragement for virtuous behavior and citizenship?

We posit: (a) that a society that provides opportunities for virtuous behavior is one that is more conducive to virtuous individuals; and (b) that the practice of effective virtuous behavior may lead to more people adopting virtues as their own, or as attributes of what they see as their self-definition.

Although he says nothing specific about the virtues, he does commend training for virtuous behavior (DL VI 70).

Writers' rooms have always had a reputation for crude behavior.

Hank could have fought for sole custody, since Demeter had a reputation for erratic behavior.

In other places, too, Britons are earning a reputation for bad behavior.

Chief Moose had a reputation for temperamental behavior long before arriving in Montgomery County in 1999.

DESPITE a reputation for antisocial behavior (the episode of the amputated earlobe looms large), Vincent van Gogh was a people person.

Among many in the human-rights community, however, the mission gained a reputation for cowboy behavior and media sensationalism.

Many U.S. military officials are critical of Blackwater because its guards have a reputation for reckless behavior that officials say reflects poorly on American troops in Iraq.