Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
There are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
A great man is always willing to be little.
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
The time is always right to do the right thing.
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
If it is not right do not do it. If it is not true do not say it.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.
This above all: to thine own self be true.