Ruth Benedict Quotes

I just want to be remembered as somebody who paid his debts.

Morals always sound like cliches, but usually cliches are based on things that are ultimate truths. Be grateful for what you have; appreciate what's right there in front of you.

My most heartfelt thank you goes to Impact Future Media and Cartoon Monkey Studio. Their dedication to the truth is very uncommon in the world we live in today. I am now, and will always be, grateful to their organizations.

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

It's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

I'm very thankful for what I have. I don't want to let anyone down.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Take care that all your offerings be free, and of your own, that has cost you something; so that ye may not offer of that which is another man's, or that which ye are entrusted withal, and not your own.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

There's nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it.

Immoral is choosing not to act when you hold in your hands the power to create perfection.