Henry Allingham Quotes

I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing.

The thing, in general, about being a good person is just do the right thing as often as possible.

I don't do things to be rewarded. I help people because it's the right thing to do.

A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and die of hunger when he no longer has any food -- instead of cheat or steal from others to survive. Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

When you give, give from the place of the heart because it is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

My grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, 'George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.'

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and sense of responsibility with or without religion.

I always say in my tweets, don't do something for credit. Do it because it's the right thing to do.

I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

Doing the right thing has power.

I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am.