Suzy Kassem Quotes

A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and die of hunger when he no longer has any food -- instead of cheat or steal from others to survive. Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

Honor modesty more than your life.

Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor?

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound.

Though I be poor, I'm honest.

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.

You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.

Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth.

All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature

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.

Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.