This thesis provides an overview of human virtues and strengths and explain the history of virtues, specifically on how is the classification of virtues and strengths used in psychology today, in contrast to previus usage of psychology, which was primarly focused on problems and illnesses for years The classification of virtues and strengths in this paper is based on the VIA classification of human virtues and strengths identified by Martin Seligman and Christopher Peterson in 2004. They established six main virtues defined by their twenty four charachter strenghts. Main human virtues are: wisdom and knowledge, courage, humanity, justice, moderation and transcendence. Due to eduactional role of school, all teachers should encourage their students to discover their own virtues, and also teach them how to use their virtues throughout various activities in order to discover true benefits. Subjects most suitable for learning about virtues are history and literature. Due to their narrative nature, in which there is always main character that is driven by his/hers virtues or flaws. The goal of this qualitatively research is to examine how students perceive and recognize virtues in their own lives. The research was conducted with fourth-grade students who were motivated to discuss virtues and strengths like team spirit, wisdom, gratitude, generosity, forgiveness, and honesty, by using children's literature and completing a questionnaire. In the questionnaire they identified situations in which they used these virtues and described the meaning of virtues in their own words. Results of research show that students are most likely to use virtue of team spirit, and after this research was coducted, they were most likely to use the virtue of honesty. The research results also show that through education, specifically learning the literature, students can be encouraged to upbringing by their teachers which is based on learning about virtues and strengths.