Benjamin Franklin Quotes

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Virtue is harmony.

The just man walks in his integrity

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also abound not in the possessor.

Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Great people have great values and great ethics.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

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

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous.

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.