Sentence examples for led by virtue from inspiring English sources
If they are led by virtue, and uniformity sought among them through the practice of ritual propriety, they will possess a sense of shame and come to you of their own accord" (Lunyu 2.3; see also 13.6).
By handing foreign policy to a team led by Brexiters "makes a virtue of a necessity but is also a shrewd political move".
Over time, positive psychologists, led by Christopher Peterson, settled on 24 virtues — or character strengths, as they prefer to call them — including courage, modesty, spirituality and leadership.
City currently holds the lead by virtue of a better goal differential (plus-61 to plus-53).
The 32-year-old native of East Northport, N.Y., moved into contention early, held his lead by virtue of a sensational pit stop, then held off a thrilling late charge by the veteran Mark Martin to win the grueling, temper-testing Global Crossing at the Glen by not much more than a car length.
Around 26 studies estimated ALAD gene polymorphisms in adults who belonged to general population and who were exposed to environmental lead by virtue of close proximity to lead polluted regions or working in factories but without directly using lead (i.e., administrative roles).
Thus in You Are What You Wear three smart women, led by Bateman's girlfriend, hymn the virtues of Chanel, Gaultier and Giorgio Armani.
It has made a virtue of bashing the ruling coalition, led by the Congress Party, over huge scams of its own.
It is led by a chemist named Bruce German, and if there were a world title in extolling the virtues of milk he would surely hold it.
