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Jonathan Edwards Quotes on Virtue

Jonathan Edwards was an American Puritan theologian, philosopher, and pastor and the leading intellectual of colonial New England. This page collects quotes attributed to Jonathan Edwards on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Jonathan Edwards:

    “True virtue consists in benevolence to being in general.”

  • Attributed to Jonathan Edwards:

    “Resolved, never to lose one moment of time.”

  • Attributed to Jonathan Edwards:

    “Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live.”

  • Attributed to Jonathan Edwards:

    “Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.”