William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Quotes

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience.

Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics, so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Courage is the most important of the virtues because it is the one that makes all the others possible.

He was as great as a man can be without morality

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

In this world, there must be a certain degree of honor just as there must be a certain amount of light. When there are many men without honor, there will always be some others who bear in themselves the honor of many men.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.