John Chrysostom Quotes

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

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

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

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

People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean.

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

I have a very clear conscience.

I have a clean conscience and ideals that I am willing to defend.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.

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

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

A clear conscience is a sure card.

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

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

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.