Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

In upright demeanor there's ever more poise than all disguised shows of good can do.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

The cast called her Lucy, but everyone else called her Mrs. Ball. She was honest with people. If she liked you, you knew it. If she didn't, you knew it, also.

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

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

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

I was raised right. I dig who I am.

If you are emotionally honest, you should mean what you say but also mean what you do.

With love, you don't mislead or play around, so if you're not perfectly clear, just be honest about it.

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.

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.

I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.

If I must fight, I'll fight; but I prefer not to spit at my enemy beforehand.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

The tongue should express what is in the heart.

We are tired of having our integrity impugned. We are tired of having our sincerity questioned. We are tired of having our intelligence insulted.

I have always played the game in the right spirit and always wore my heart on my sleeve.

I don't really do anything unless it's from the heart - I don't like to joke on people, or distract them from something they love.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of cheapness.

Money is created by a machine... but you can't really create respect with a machine.

I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.