Alan Ladd Quotes

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

I think most people know inherently that good wins.

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

I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

I don't play villainy. I wouldn't even know how to play it.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

The only way to survive among the evil and corrupt is to be even more wicked and more corrupt than they are!

Being against evil doesn't make you good.

I myself have constantly refused to print anything that might countenance vice or promote immorality, though … I might have gotten much money.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

I'm not an evil person. Nobody's really evil.

The difficult thing for me is that I want basically to be a good man. That's what I want to be.