Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-11-02 Nov 2, 2012What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.~ Bodie ThoeneI would rather be right than President.~ Henry ClayReputation is character minus what you've been caught doing.~ Michael Iapoce Nov 1, 2012The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.~ Blaise PascalThere is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.~ Frederick W. FaberYou can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.~ W. Somerset Maugham Oct 31, 2012God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.~ Chester W. NimitzTo know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.~ ConfuciusI have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.~ Frank Moore Colby Oct 30, 2012It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.~ A. A. HodgeI have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.~ Albert EinsteinThe line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart.~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Oct 29, 2012I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.~ George WashingtonBefore I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.~ Harper LeeIt's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.~ Noël Coward Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print