Ralph Marston Quotes

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

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.

If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

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

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

I do not believe with the Rochefoucaults and the Montaignes that fourteen out of fifteen men are rogues. I believe a great abatement from that proportion may be made in favor of general honesty.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

On the straight and narrow path, there are simply no corners to be cut.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

We are supposed to be on the side of goodness in the sense that we need it, not that we are it.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

I try to do the right thing.

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

I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.

Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.

I seek no values by means of evil, nor do I surrender my values to evil.

In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet even then it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward.