Bobby Vinton Quotes

The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.

Some people who know me might say, 'He's not a great example of a nice person; he's a malicious, tough and ruthless guy.' But when the day is done, as long as I've held to my values and been true to my family and my God, it won't matter what anyone else thinks.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right.

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

We ought never to do wrong when anyone is looking.

I can only focus on doing what's right.

I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

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

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

Never in my life did I steal a penny that didn't belong to me.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.

Whatever you think of George W. Bush, he left office with his faith intact, and I respect that.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.