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

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

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

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

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

My integrity is something I hold dear.

You have to make your choices however you see fit and just keep your integrity as best you can.

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

Live with honor and follow your conscience.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

I never did a right thing or abstained from a wrong one from any consideration of reward or punishment.

To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.

I try to do the right thing.

You know, there's a right and wrong way to do everything.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Our ideals are our better selves.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

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

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.

Everything I do has a moral to it.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.