J. C. Watts Quotes

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

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

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

Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

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

Character is what you are in the dark.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free – he is his own trap.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.