Before getting to answering the main question it is important for us to know what virtue is. Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. The opposite of virtue is vice. Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person. A morally excellent person has a character made-up of virtues valued as good. He or she is honest, respectful, courageous, forgiving, and kind, for example. Because of these virtues or positive character traits, he or she is committed to doing the right thing no matter what the personal cost, and does not bend to impulses, urges or desires, but acts according to values and principles. Some might say that good qualities are innate and developed through good parenting, which they are, but we’re not perfect. Virtues need to be cultivated to become more prevalent and habitual in daily life. With the habit of being more virtuous, we take the helm of our own life, redirecting its course towards greater fulfillment, peace and joy.

There are many virtues out there that may help us make our Earth a better place to live in. The only problem is that us people need to use them for good. Parents can only give good advice or put their children on the right path.  The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. Virtues are habits of mind, heart, and behavior.  They develop through deliberate practice.  
The ancient Greeks considered wisdom to be the master virtue, the one that directs all the others.  Wisdom is good judgment.  It enables us to make reasoned decisions that are both good for us, good for others and great for our Earth.persons.   Since we are persons ourselves, justice also includes self-respect, a proper regard for our own rights and dignity. A third, much-neglected virtue is fortitude.   Fortitude enables us to do what is right in the face of difficulty.  The right decision in life is often the hard one.  Fortitude, is the inner toughness that enables us to overcome or withstand hardship, defeats, inconvenience, and pain. Courage, resilience, patience, perseverance, endurance, and a healthy self-confidence are all aspects of fortitude. The fourth virtue named by the Greeks is self-control (which they called “temperance”).  Self-control is the ability to govern ourselves.  It enables us to control our temper, regulate our sensual appetites and passions, and pursue even legitimate pleasures in moderation.  It’s the power to resist temptation. Reckless, self-destructive, and criminal behaviors flourish in the absence of self-control. A fifth essential virtue is love.  Love goes beyond justice; it gives more than fairness requires.  Love is the willingness to sacrifice for the sake of another.  A whole cluster of important human virtues—empathy, compassion, kindness, generosity, service, loyalty, and forgiveness make up the virtue of love. All the virtues mentioned before are virtues that may help us make our world a better place.  If you want to become a better human being, then you are going to have to see the world beyond yourself. And if you want to see the world beyond yourself, then you are going to have to see the world from other people’s perspectives.

Living with joy, peace, love, honesty, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, kindness, humanity and many other virtues are ways for making us live all together without war. Are ways for treating each other better and treating the things we love more kindly. And All these virtues will definitely make the world we’ve spent our childhood in, the world we live in right now and the world we are going to be living in, in our future, a better place only if we take care of it the way we should.

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