John Stuart Mill Quotes

You can be a virtuous person without faith in God.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

Churches come and go, but there has ever been but one religion. The only religion is conscience in action.

It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.

One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.

Trust is the byproduct of integrity.

Honor is the only really good disguise for an occasional act of dishonor.

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

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

Atheists are pious people.

If you look within the United States, religion seems to make you a better person. Yet atheist societies do very well - better, in many ways, than devout ones.

I do not want to suggest that you have to be religious to be moral.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.