Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

To have done no man a wrong...to walk and live, unseduced, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing between your desire and its gratification but the invisible law of rectitude-this is to be a man.

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

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

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

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

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

Do what is right, and you'll have no lasting regrets. Do what is right, and put yourself on the side of truth, goodness, and the best of life.

Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.

If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

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

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?

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

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

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

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've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.