Brigham Young Quotes

I would rather have honesty and character than prestige and wealth. I can walk and ride the streets of this city, hold my head up, and look all men in the face.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.

It is more honorable to walk in dignity than to ride in humiliation.

The dignity of Peter suffers no diminution even in an unworthy successor

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

Sir, the gentleman soils the spot he stands on.

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say, he obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

I didn't take all the films that were offered, just those with dignity.

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the world to think those are our standards. We want to be a better nation and a better people, with better standards.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.