Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

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

The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.

Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.

There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands character-the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor.

Those who are living the principle of honesty know that the Lord does bless them. Theirs is the precious right to hold their heads in the sunlight of truth, unashamed before any man. Brothers and sisters, the Lord requires his people to be honest. May we desire with all our hearts to be honest in all our relationships and in all the things that we do.

Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice.

True valor is like honesty; it enters into all that a man sees and does.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

Dear dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid.

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.