Louis Bonaparte Quotes

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

You can't have integrity for breakfast, but try and keep it because it is perhaps the single most important word that defines not just writers but all human beings.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

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

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

The just man walks in his integrity

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

We ought never to do wrong when anyone is looking.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

An honest man is strange when he is among dishonest men, but it is a good kind of strangeness.

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

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

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.