Benjamin Booker Quotes

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Do what is right, and you'll have no lasting regrets. Do what is right, and put yourself on the side of truth, goodness, and the best of life.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant... it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.

The biggest difference between people is between those who are trying to do the right thing - whether or not they succeed - and those for whom the only question is how much they can get away with.

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

I try to be a good person - I don't always succeed, but that's what I'm shooting for.

My success at living a moral life is pretty terrible, but I still aspire to do it! I identify with the Johnny Cash thing that trying to live a good life and be a good person are not necessarily the same thing!

All you can really do is try to be a good person and try to make good decisions and try to survive.

I'm a good person. I've led a good life.

I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.

Live the principles and the values. Almost nobody in America is living them. Learn the truth. Live the life of our founders. Be a decent, righteous, forthright honest man or woman.

Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no longer a split in the soul ... For the person of integrity, life may not be easy but it is simple: Figure out what is right and do it. All other considerations come in second.

Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

It is a momentous fact that a man may be good, or he may be bad; his life may be true, or it may be false; it may be either a shame or a glory to him. The good man builds himself up; the bad man destroys himself.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what is right; another is an absence of the guilt and anxiety that accompany sin. Another reward of integrity is the confidence it can give us in approaching God. When virtue garnishes our thoughts unceasingly, our confidence is strong in the presence of God.