Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.

True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.

Your strength lies in this, that you are not absolute but resolute.

I'll never take the easy way out.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Temptations are as thick as the leaves of the forest, and no one can be out of the reach of temptation unless he is dead. The great thing is to make people intelligent enough and strong enough, not to keep away from temptation, but to resist it.

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must.

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that test against anyone at anytime, anywhere.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

No cowardice, no sin, no crime, no weakness - the rest will come of itself. . .

Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.