virtuous

adjective2

1. •
   Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.

   • Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
2. •
   Involving the cleverness and understanding to accomplish one's goals.

   • For instance, in his virtùous retelling of the David and Goliath story, Machiavelli equips David with a knife as well as a sling: one’s own good arms replace divine favor. — 1995