Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it.

Courage... is not a selfish attribute: it is only possible if you are pursuing a wider and more worthy goal.

Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior.

Faith engenders courage; and also requires it.

An exercise of moral imagination helps companies further goals of its members.

Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The Theory of Moral Sentiments , in which the pursuit of profit is tempered at every juncture by sympathy and benevolence, and by the posture of the "impartial spectator" which is forced on us by our moral nature.

Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy.