John Banner Quotes

I am a person who believes in the good of people and who may have had things influence them to a certain degree, but deep down I think most people are good and would like to be good.

The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.

If you're a good person, that's all that really matters.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly.

It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.

Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

I'm not a bad man.