LIST OF VIRTUES

A
Ability - a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Acceptance - a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
Acuity - keenness of hearing, sight, or intellect
Affability - good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to
Altruism - the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Appreciation - understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
Assiduousness - showing persistent and hard-working effort in doing something
Assertiveness - aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions
Attentiveness - the trait of being observant and paying attention
Autonomy - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority; political independence
Awareness - the ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects or patterns


B
Balance - the ability to remain poised; to give equal attention to all things; to be fair
Beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
Benevolence - an inclination to do kind or charitable acts


C
Candor - the ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
Caring - feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others
Caution - judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
Charity - a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
Chastity - abstaining from sexual relations
Cleanliness - the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections
Commitment - the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
Compassion - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Confidence - freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
Conscientiousness - the trait of being painstaking and careful
Consideration - the process of giving careful thought to something
Contentment - happiness with one’s situation in life
Cooperativeness - amenability: the trait of working well with others
Courage - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
Courteousness - exhibiting politeness and gracious good manners
Creativity - a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts
Curiosity - a state in which you want to learn more about something


D
Daring - courage combined with a willingness to take risks or attempt difficult or unconventional things
Dauntlessness - resolute courageousness; not to be daunted or intimidated; fearless; intrepid; bold
Dependability - worthy of reliance or trust; consistent in performance or behavior
Detachment - cool-headed withdrawal; avoiding emotional involvement
Determination - the quality of being driven to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose
Diligence - conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
Discernment - understanding; the mental ability to discriminate between like things
Discretion - knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
Dutifulness - piety by virtue of devotion; the willingness to be obedient out of a sense of moral obligation and/or respect


E
Empathy - understanding and entering into another’s feelings
Encouragement - the expression of approval and support
Endurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress
Enthusiasm - exuberance; overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
Equanimity - composure; steadiness of mind under stress
Equity - conformity to rules or standards
Erudite - characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly; educated; knowledgeable; wise, sapient
Excellence - possessing good qualities in high degree


F
Fairness - ability to make judgments based on predetermined standards with honesty
Faithfulness - the quality of being steadfast in affection or allegiance
Fastidiousness - the trait of being painstakingly careful about matters of taste or style
Fidelity - faithfulness to one’s duties; loyalty
Fitness - to be in good physical condition
Flexibility - the quality of being adaptable or variable
Focus - the concentration of attention or energy on something
Foresight - providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
Forgiveness - compassionate feelings that support a willingness to excuse a mistake or offense
Fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
Friendliness - a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company; agreeableness


G
Generosity - the trait of being willing to give your money or time
Gentleness - acting in a manner that is mild and even-tempered
Goodness - moral excellence or admirableness
Graciousness - full of tact, kindness, and politeness


H
Happiness - state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
Health - the state of well-being free from disease
Helpfulness - friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
Heroism - remarkable physical or moral courage
Honesty - not disposed to cheat or defraud; dependable; to be frank
Honor - an objectification of praiseworthiness, respect
Hopefulness - aspirant; to wish for or desire something, regardless of the likelihood of its occurrence
Hospitality - cordial reception; kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
Humility - a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride
Humor - the use of ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity to evoke laughter


I
Idealism - the quality of believing that things should be pursued to their most perfect form
Imagination - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Impartiality - an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
Independence - freedom from control or influence of another or others
Industriousness - persevering determination to perform a task
Ingenuity - the process of applying ideas to solve problems or meet challenges
Innocence - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Insightfulness - shrewdness shown by keen, deep perception
Integrity - moral soundness
Intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
Inventiveness - the power of creative imagination; the mental faculty to create something new


J
Judiciousness - showing wisdom, good sense, or discretion, often with the underlying objective of avoiding trouble or waste
Justice - using right or fair judgment, especially involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments


K
Kindness - the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
Knowledgeable - thoroughly acquainted through study or experience


L
Lovingness - the ability to feel or show affection
Loyalty - to bind oneself completely; allegiance


M
Meekness - the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
Mercy - leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
Meticulousness - taking extreme care with details
Moderation - the quality of avoiding extremes and excesses
Modesty - freedom from vanity or conceit; formality and propriety of manner
Morality - concern for the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong


N
Neatness - having an orderly and clean condition; the state of being neat and trim
Nonviolence - rejecting the use of physical violence; passive acceptance of oppression amid the struggle against it
Nurturing - the quality of desiring another to grow as a person; motherly


O
Obedience - dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Openness - an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one’s actions or purposes); to be without concealment; not secretive
Optimism - a general disposition to expect the best in all things


P
Patience - good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Peacefulness - to be in a state that is calm and tranquil
Perceptiveness - possessing or showing keen insight and understanding
Preciseness - very careful about small details, especially of correct behavior
Perseverance - to be persistent; continuing or repeating behavior
Persistence - the quality of continuing steadily despite problems or difficulties
Perspicacity - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings); the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Philanthropy - voluntary promotion of human welfare
Philomathy - pocessing a strong love of learning
Piety - religious devotion or to spirituality; righteousness
Potential - to possess the inherent capacity for coming into being
Prudence - discretion in practical affairs
Punctiliousness - very careful about the conventions of correct behavior and etiquette
Purity - to lack sin or dilution
Purposefulness - the quality of having meaning through having an aim
Prayerfulness - to be devout; to cultivate a relationship with God


R
Refinement - to achieve a highly-developed state of perfection; the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
Reliable - able to be trusted to do what is expected or has been promised
Remembrance - the ability to recall past occurrences
Respectfulness - courteous regard for people’s feelings; one who feels or manifests veneration
Reverence - to have a profound respect for someone or something, almost to the point of fearfulness
Resilience - the positive ability to adapt, to rebound, to cope with catastrophic failure or obstacles
Responsibility (moral & social) - a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something for one’s conduct
Restraint - discipline in personal and social activities
Righteousness - always behaving according to a religious or moral code


S
Self-awareness - awareness of your own individuality
Self-confidence - belief of one’s own power, judgment, ability, etc.
Self-discipline - control of oneself; willpower
Self-reliance - the capacity to rely on one’s own capabilities, and to manage one’s own affairs
Self-respect - the knowledge of one’s own worth, valuing one’s self
Selflessness - the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc.
Sensitivity - to be aware of an empathetic to the emotions of others
Service - an act of help or assistance
Sharing - using or enjoying something jointly with others
Sincerity - the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical; earnestness
Skillfulness - the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both
Spirituality - concern with things of the soul, or of God; reverence
Sternness - uncompromising resolution
Strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong
Sympathy - an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion


T
Tactfulness - the ability to have consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
Temperance - the trait of avoiding excesses
Tenacity - to be good at remembering; to be stubbornly unyielding
Thankfulness - to be grateful as a positive emotion or attitude toward others in acknowledgment of a benefit on has received or will receive from another
Thoroughness - conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task; attention to detail
Thoughtfulness - to possess the ability for calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Trustworthiness - someone in whom one can place one’s trust and rest assured that the trust will not be betrayed
Truthfulness - honesty, good faith, and sincerity in general; agreement with fact or reality in particular


U
Understanding - the ability to think about and use concepts to deal adequately with an object
Unity - an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting


V
Valor - exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger
Vivaciousness - exhibiting or characterized by liveliness and high-spiritedness


W
Welcoming - providing a warm and friendly environment for guests or strangers
Wholesomeness - the quality of being beneficial and generally good
Wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
Work - the ability to exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity




LIST OF VICES


A
Addiction - a state of physiological or psychological dependence on a potentially harmful drug
Adultery - voluntary sexual relations between a married person and somebody other than his or her spouse
Aggression - threatening behavior or actions
Alcoholism - dependence on alcohol consumption to an extent that adversely affects social and work-related functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when intake is stopped or greatly reduced
Anger - a strong feeling of grievance and displeasure
Antagonism - hostility or hatred causing opposition and ill will
Arrogance - the act of feeling or showing self-importance and contempt or disregard for others
Avarice - an unreasonably strong desire to obtain and keep money


B
Bias - an unfair preference for or dislike of something
Bigotry - when somebody with strong opinions, especially on politics, religion, or ethnicity, who refuses to accept different views
Boastfulness - to refer immodestly to possessions or achievements
Bragging - to talk with excessive pride about an achievement or possession
Brutality - unrelentingly harsh and severe; extremely ruthless or cruel


C
Callousness - showing no concern that other people are or might be hurt or upset
Chauvinism - unreasoning, overenthusiastic, or aggressive loyalty to a particular gender, group, or cause
Cheating - to deceive or mislead somebody, especially for personal advantage
Conceit - a high opinion of your own qualities or abilities, especially one that is not justified
Condescension - behavior that implies that somebody is graciously lowering himself or herself to the level of people less important or intelligent
Corruption - dishonest exploitation of power for personal gain; extreme immorality or depravity
Covetousness - to have a strong desire to possess something that belongs to somebody else
Cowardice - an absence of courage
Crabbiness - a disposition to be ill-tempered; irritable in character
Crankiness - disagreeable and easily irritated or annoyed
Craziness - not showing good sense or practicality; one affected by a psychiatric disorder
Cruelty - deliberately and remorselessly causing pain or anguish; bringing about pain and distress
Cupidity - greed, especially for money or possessions


D
Decadence - a state of uninhibited immoral self-indulgence
Deceitfulness - intentionally misleading or fraudulent
Dementedness - completely unreasonable or lacking any sense of the consequences of actions taken; affected by the loss of intellectual functions
Depressive - to make somebody feel very sad or hopeless
Despairing - somebody that makes somebody else feel hopeless or exasperated; to feel there is no hope
Discourtesy - behavior or an action that is bad-mannered or impolite
Dishonesty - the use of lies or deceit, or the tendency to be deceitful
Disloyalty - a lack of loyalty to a person, vow, organization, or state
Disrespect - total contempt; to treat another with disregard
Doubt - to feel unconvinced or uncertain about something, or think that something is unlikely


E
Egoism - the practice of making personal welfare and interests a primary or sole concern, sometimes at the expense of others
Envy - the resentful or unhappy feeling of wanting somebody else’s success, good fortune, qualities, or possessions
Erratic - not predictable, regular, or consistent, especially in being likely to depart from expected standards at any time
Extremism - the holding of radical political or religious views or the taking of extreme actions on the basis of those views


F
Faithlessness - not believing in a religious faith; not to be trusted or relied on
Falseness - done with or having the intention of deceiving somebody; treacherous
Fanaticism - a holder of extreme or irrational enthusiasms or beliefs, especially in religion or politics
Fearfulness - nervous and easily frightened
Foolishness - showing, or resulting from, a lack of good sense or judgment
Fussiness - an irritable petulant feeling; unnecessary elaborateness in details


G
Glumness - quietly melancholic or miserable; gloomy ill-tempered
Gluttony - the act or practice of eating and drinking to excess; to do anything to the point of wastefulness
Greed - an overwhelming desire to have more of something such as money than is actually needed
Grouchiness - easily upset; angry; tending to complain; habitually bad-tempered and irritable person
Grumpiness - a fussy and eccentric disposition; bad-tempered or sullen


H
Hastiness - to do things or act in a hurry because of impetuosity or lack of time
Hatred - a feeling of intense hostility towards somebody or something
Haughtiness - behaving in a superior, condescending, or arrogant way
Heartlessness - having or showing no pity or kindness
Hedonism - a devotion, especially a self-indulgent one, to pleasure and happiness as a way of life
Hubris - excessive pride or arrogance
Hypocrite - somebody who pretends to have admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings but behaves otherwise
Hysteria - being impossible to hold back or control; to be afflicted with a state of extreme or exaggerated emotion such as excitement or panic, especially among large numbers of people


I
Idiocy - extreme lack of intelligence or foresight
Idleness - lazy and unwilling to work
Impatience - tending to be annoyed at being kept waiting or by being delayed; unable to tolerate a particular thing and easily annoyed by it
Impetuosity - to act on the spur of the moment, without considering the consequences
Inanity - meaninglessness or senselessness that suggests a lack of understanding or intelligence
Incompetence - lacking the skills, qualities, or ability to do something properly
Indolence - lethargic and not showing any interest or making any effort
Infidelity - unfaithfulness or disloyalty, especially to a sexual partner
Inflexibility - firmly established and impossible to change; adhering firmly and stubbornly to a viewpoint or principle
Injustice - unfair or unjust treatment of somebody, or an instance of this
Insanity - extreme foolishness, or an act that demonstrates such foolishness
Insolence - showing a malicious or aggressive lack of deference in speech or behavior; the quality of being boldly rude or disrespectful
Intemperance - having or showing a lack of self-control, especially in expressing feelings or satisfying physical desires
Irritability - easily annoyed or exasperated; extremely sensitive, especially to aggravation


J
Jealousy - to feel bitter and unhappy because of another’s advantages, possessions, or luck; to feel suspicious about a rival’s or competitor’s influence, especially in regard to a loved one


L
Languor - a pleasant feeling of weariness or weakness; listlessness and indifference in speech or behavior
Lavishness - given or produced in abundance or to excess
Laziness - unwilling to do any work or make an effort
Lethargy - a state of physical slowness and mental dullness resulting from tiredness, disease, or drugs
Lewdness - inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious; obscene or indecent; salacious
Liar - someone who does not tell the truth
Licentiousness - pursuing desires aggressively and selfishly, unchecked by morality, especially in sexual matters
Lunacy - behavior that is regarded as unintelligent, inconsiderate, or misguided, or an example of it
Lust - the strong physical desire to have sex with somebody, usually without associated feelings of love or affection


M
Madness - rash or thoughtless behavior
Malice - the intention or desire to cause harm or pain to somebody; or to wish for someone to feel pain
Manipulative - using clever, devious ways to control or influence somebody or something
Melancholic - feeling or tending to feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness
Mercilessness - very harsh in the judgment and treatment of others; showing no compassion toward somebody or something; to continue at a high level of violence or unpleasantness without pause or relief
Moroseness - deep sadness; showing a brooding ill humor
Moodiness - having temperamental and changeable moods; tending to change mood unpredictably from cheerful to bad-tempered
Murderous - capable of, guilty of, or likely to commit murder


N
Narcissism - excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness; overestimation of one’s own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration


O
Obduracy - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; not repentant
Obsessive - a particular action or thing occupies one’s thoughts constantly and exclusively; worrying compulsively about something or things generally
Obstinacy - stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness
Offensiveness - causing anger, resentment, or moral outrage, sometimes to the point of physical repugnance


P
Perversion - deviating greatly from what is accepted as right, normal, or proper, relating specifically to sexual activities considered unusual or unacceptable
Petulance - ill-tempered or sulky in a peevish manner
Pitilessness - showing no mercy or compassion for the suffering of others
Pomposity - an excessive sense of self-importance, usually displayed through exaggerated seriousness or stateliness in speech and manner
Pride - a haughty attitude shown by somebody who believes, often unjustifiably, that he or she is better than others
Prejudice - an unfounded hatred, fear, or mistrust of a person or group, especially one of a particular religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual preference, or social status
Preposterousness - going very much against what is thought to be sensible or reasonable
Pretentiousness - acting as though more important or special than is warranted, or appearing to have an unrealistically high self-image
Profligacy - extremely extravagant or wasteful
Promiscuity - behavior characterized by casual and indiscriminate sexual intercourse, often with many people


R
Rage - sudden and extreme anger
Rashness - acting with, resulting from, or characteristic of thoughtless, impetuous behavior
Recklessness - marked by a lack of thought about danger or other possible undesirable consequences
Resentfulness - annoyed or bitter about having been badly treated, or characterized by such a feeling of annoyance
Rowdiness - a rough and noisy person who often causes disturbances
Rudeness - disagreeable or discourteous in manner or action; offensive to accepted standards of decency
Ruthlessness - having or showing no pity or mercy


S
Secrecy - unwillingness to reveal information
Self-importance - an unrealistically high evaluation of your own importance or worth
Self-indulgence - lack of self-control in pursuing your own pleasure or satisfaction
Self-pity - the self-indulgent belief that your life is harder and sadder than everyone else’s
Selfishness - concerned with your own interests, needs, and wishes while ignoring those of others
Senselessness - apparently or really without purpose or meaning; demonstrating a lack of reason and intelligence
Short-Sightedness - doing or determining without taking the future into account
Sloth - a dislike of work or any kind of physical exertion
Snobbishness - displaying an offensively superior condescending manner
Spite - a malicious, usually small-minded desire to harm or humiliate somebody
Stingy - not generous in giving or spending money
Stubbornness - unreasonably and obstructively determined to persevere or prevail
Sulkiness - a sullen moody resentful disposition; in a bad mood and refusing to communicate because of resentment for a real or imagined grievance
Sullenness - dourly disposition; showing bad temper or hostility by a refusal to talk, behave sociably, or cooperate cheerfully


T
Tetchiness - oversensitive and easily upset or annoyed
Thieving - to steal something, or steal things
Thoughtlessness - showing a lack of planning or forethought; showing a lack of consideration for other people or for consequences
Treasonous - one willing to betray the allegiance owed by somebody to his or her own country
Triteness - one who overuses common phrases or conversation topics and consequently makes them lack in interest or originality
Tricky - likely to cheat or outwit somebody
Twisted - morally unacceptable; badly affected by unpleasant experiences or constant disappointment


U
Unfaithfulness - engaging in sexual relations with somebody other than a spouse or partner; untrue to commitments, duties, beliefs, or ideals
Unloving - not giving or reciprocating affection
Untrustworthiness - the trait of not deserving trust or confidence


V
Vainglory - excessive pride in or boastfulness about personal abilities or achievements
Vanity - excessive pride, especially in personal appearance
Vengeful - having or showing a strong desire for revenge
Voracity - unusually eager or enthusiastic about an activity


W
Wastefulness - using resources unwisely
Weakness - lack of strength, power, or determination
Wildness - overwhelmed by a strong emotion such as anger, grief, or desire; not tame; living or having lived in the wilderness
Wrath - strong anger, often with a desire for revenge


Z
Zealousness - actively and unreservedly enthusiastic to the point of fervor

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That whole blog has a crap ton of resources, but this was my favorite one. ^^

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