He understands the virtues required for sci-fi short fiction - spare writing and a strong central idea that does not outstay its welcome.

The term "cardinal" comes from the Latin cardo or hinge; the cardinal virtues are so called because they are the basic virtues, required for a virtuous life.

The treatise therefore contains reflections on the dignity and exalted character of the preaching office and on the virtues required in the preacher.

Man's fall, according to your teachers, was that he gained the virtues required to live.

But patience, a virtue always required of New Yorkers, will in time be rewarded.

As we laugh we see the virtues required for conflict resolution: such frequently honored but difficult qualities as patience, trust, sensitivity, honesty, generosity, flexibility and forgiveness.

Frankly, there isn't a man alive (or dead) who could claim all the virtues required in our next commissioner.

Neassa has all the virtues required of a woman of high rank, she has a lovely voice, she can embroider and make mead and command servants.

The Goddess is not a nationality but an idea, a symbol of virtue required in football and in life.

High in the sky are the three primary moral virtues required to perfect the appetitive powers: Justice, Temperance and Fortitude.