George Washington Quotes

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.

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

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas

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

I'm actually a very moral guy.

The just man walks in his integrity

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

I was born in an earlier generation and, as a group, my classmates at Blair Academy and Princeton University were as ethical, straightforward, and integrity laden as you could possibly imagine - perhaps not a 100% - but the overwhelming majority. I've been in business a long, long time and I simply cannot imagine seeking out cheating, greedy people.

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

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

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

Virtue is no empty echo.

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

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

One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

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

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth

Virtue is the first title of nobility.