Charles Kingsley Quotes

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

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

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

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

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.

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

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

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.