Max Frisch Quotes

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

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

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

We Indians are Latin America's moral reserve. We act according to a universal law that consists of three basic principles: do not steal, do not lie and do not be idle.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

My future is righteousness.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

His conduct still right with his argument wrong.

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.

I suppose that an honest man shines more in politics than he does elsewhere.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.

I have a pretty keen ethical compass.

Act with honor, and Honor will aid you

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

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

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.