Jon Voight Quotes

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

'24' is not an anti-government show, really. We've always relied on Jack to fight for the greater good in his own way, and at times, '24' is very patriotic. For me personally, I definitely pay attention to things in a different way.

I don't believe that art is just for entertainment. I want to create art that is meaningful in some way.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever.

It is in the disposition and view of the mind, and not in the good which may accidentally and unintentionally result, that virtue consists

Honest conviction is my courage, the Constitution is my guide.

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics, so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future.

A great man’s actions are determined, if not foreordained, by his character.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.