Sentence examples for by having a virtuous from inspiring English sources

For Aristotelians, humans achieve this end or telos of flourishing by having a virtuous character.

On this view (later revived by Epicurus, 341 271 BCE), having a virtuous character is purely a matter of being knowledgeable of what brings us more pleasure rather than less.

So we could have a virtuous circle.

Apple's iPhone has had a similar virtuous cycle.

Burning fewer fossil fuels is the most obvious way to counteract the greenhouse effect, and the notion has always had a wonderfully virtuous political appeal — as long as it's being done by someone else.

Low inflation itself has fuelled a virtuous circle by reducing inflationary expectations: hence surprisingly tame wage rises.

But the scholars think these tools have helped to keep inflation down, which, in turn, has spawned a virtuous circle.

This now politically stable country has entered a virtuous cycle characterized by falling inflation, lower interest rates, a strengthening currency, a growing economy and a rising stock market.

What if the company or country or yield curve has entered a virtuous cycle where good news is followed by yet more good news, driving both fundamentals and valuations higher?

Between them, these two things have created a virtuous circle in which rising exports are balanced by a growing domestic market.

The now ex-champion, I have always contended, has the frame of a light-heavyweight, on which — by exercise, a virtuous life, and an intensive pursuit of sleep — he has packed another dozen pounds or so of muscle.