Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2025-12-17 Dec 17, 2025Not to be, but to seem, virtuous -- it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery.~ C. S. LewisTo many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.~ Orison Swett MardenOne of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.~ O. A. Battista Dec 16, 2025Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.~ Henry ClayCharacter is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonTis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Dec 15, 2025I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down.~ Henry Brooks Adams...[T]here is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.~ Robert E. LeeOne of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.~ Thomas Sowell Dec 12, 2025It 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. HodgeThe only vice that can not be forgiven is hypocrisy.~ William HazlittAlways stand on principle, even if you stand alone.~ John Quincy Adams Dec 11, 2025You can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.~ Joseph ConradI am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.~ Robert A. HeinleinAll our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.~ William Kingdon Clifford Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print