Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it's integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards.

If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

The just man walks in his integrity

It is impossible to deny that dishonest men often grow rich and famous, becoming powerful in their parish or in parliament. Their portraits grace shop windows; and they live and die respected. This success is theirs; yet it is not the success which a noble soul will envy.

There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

If a ruler of men wants to put an end to vice, he must examine the correspondence between form and name and look to see how what is said differs from what is done.

All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.

There is scarcely an instant that passes over our heads that may not have its freight of infamy. How ought we to watch over our thoughts, that we may not so much as imagine any enormity!

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.

On the straight and narrow path, there are simply no corners to be cut.

That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.