Quotes About Uprightness

The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.

I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life.

As a parent, do the right thing and you don't get in trouble. If you lead a charmed life, you better act like it.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

If ever I said, in grief or pride,I tired of honest things, I lied.

There is this to be said for walking: it is the one method of human locomotion by which a man or woman proceeds erect, upright, proud and independent, not squatting on the haunches like a frog. Little boys love machines. Grown-up mean and women like to walk.

Let thy life be sincere.

What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path?

The just upright man is laughed to scorn.

One cannot think crooked and walk straight.

When I went to the prosecutor's office, I wanted to be one of the good guys that the defense could trust. I'd try fair, clean cases, pull no punches, no below-the-belt stuff. Honorable. Because that's the kind of prosecutor I wanted to deal with.

I have flaws, but I'm honest.

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

I never made a fortune by defrauding others.

I like fighting clean. I've always fought clean, and I want to fight clean people. I want to fight fair.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.

Honesty is the best policy, I think - there's no point trying to be fake, and that's one thing I never have been.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.