Bob Jones Sr. Quotes

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action.

I try to do the right thing.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

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

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

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.

I would teach my child to respect what is right - the word right is a difficult word to use - I would teach him to respect the intrinsic value of things. Do you see what I mean? The true proportion of things.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right.

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.

The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

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.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

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

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.