Tom Cruise Quotes

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

I do my research, and if I'm supporting something, then it's because it aligns with me morally and ethically.

My integrity is something I hold dear.

I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor.

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.

If there is one word that describes the meaning of character, it is the word honor. Without honor, civilization would not long exist. Without honor, there could be no dependable contracts, no lasting marriages, no trust or happiness. What does the word honor mean to you? To me, honor is summarized in this expression by the poet Tennyson, "Man's word [of honor] is God in man."

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

Live with honor and follow your conscience.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

The strongest passion which I have is honor.

You can't win integrity and honor from games. You can only earn them from living a life dedicated to those ideals.

There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think as we live. The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just a perversion of the order of things.

Great learning and superior abilities...will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.