John Milton Quotes

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

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions.

Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

The white flower of a blameless life.

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

I am a lover of the cause of Christ and of virtue, chastity, and an upright, steady course of conduct and a holy walk. I despise a hypocrite or a covenant breaker. I judge them not; God shall judge them according to their works. I am a lover even of mine enemies, for an enemy seeketh to destroy openly. I can pray for those who despitefully use and persecute me, but for all I cannot hope.

Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.

He preaches well that lives well – that's all the divinity I can understand.

A good man will kill you with hardly a word.

What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"

Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

He never bore a grudge against anyone he wronged.

Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.

If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.

When you are committed to doing what’s right, you are sowing seeds for God’s blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required.

True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.