Charles Henry Parkhurst Quotes

Virtue cannot be followed but for herself, and if one sometimes borrows her mask to some other purpose, she presently pulls it away again.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

Truth Alone Triumphs

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

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

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.

It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.

You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.

A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

I am an honest, straight guy.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

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

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.