Seneca the Younger Quotes

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.

Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

Virtue is health, vice is sickness.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.

When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.