Thomas Paine Quotes

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.

The just man walks in his integrity

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

One person of integrity can make a difference.

A good man's life is all of a piece.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.

It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.

He is not great who is not greatly good.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.