Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Sir, the gentleman soils the spot he stands on.

Union is a delectable thing, and so is wealth, and so is life, but they may all cost too much, if they cost honour.

If there's one thing that I have in this business, it's respect.

Ability without honor is useless.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

The more men value money the less they value virtue.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people

I have nothing left but my integrity.

This world is always working against a sense of honor, cleanliness, integrity.

But few prize honour more than money.

We worship money instead of honour.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

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

It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

It is better to be honourable than be honoured.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.