Quotes About Uprightness

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

The only incorruptible thing about us.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

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

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Just try to do the right thing, and that's immediate karma: 'I feel good about myself.'

I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.

Everything will come right if you are pure and sincere. We want hundreds like you bursting upon society and bringing new life and vigor of the spirit wherever they go.

You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.

When you walk a life of honesty, you live a life of truth.

Be true, be true, be true.

Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred.

People like you because you've got integrity. Even when you're being an ass.

Moral courage is the courage to act and to speak the truth.

I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'

I've got a moral center.

Humans are the only ones who are the custodians of other people's morals.

The more people that choose to live an honest and genuine life, the better it is for everyone.