Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people

I have nothing left but my integrity.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Union is a delectable thing, and so is wealth, and so is life, but they may all cost too much, if they cost honour.

The Decalogue and the Golden Rule have no place in a political campaign. The commander who lost the battle through the activity of his moral nature would be the derision and jest of history.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

To be without silver is better than to be without honor.

I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success.

If there's one thing that I have in this business, it's respect.

You never want to see people disrespect anything that stands for honor.