Friedrich Schiller Quotes

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

Wherefore a good name is better than riches.

Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.

Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.

It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.

If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.

There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy.

Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're a good person, your name will be remembered a long time.

All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.

It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.

It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree.

All the worth of some people lies in their name; upon a closer inspection it dwindles to nothing, but from a distance it deceives us.

... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!

If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken; do not call one who is notoriously vain, liberal and elegant; do not call dangerous levities mere simplicity; do not screen disobedience under the name of zeal; or arrogance, of frankness; or evil intimacy, of friendship. No, my friends, we must never, in our wish to shun slander, foster or flatter vice in others: but we must call evil evil, and sin sin, and so doing we shall serve God's glory.

If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.

For virtue only finds eternal Fame.

After a person dies, his biographers feel free to give him a glittering list of intimate friends. Anecdotes are so much tastier spiced with expensive names.