Merle Haggard Quotes

I was neat, clean, shaved and sober and I didn't care who knew it.

I believe I am an honorable man.

Good morals lead to good laws.

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.

Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?

I'm actually a very moral guy.

You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters.

I've always been a good kid.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

My integrity is something I hold dear.

I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.

This hand is free of blood, and this hand is free from the stain of corruption.

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

People can call me what they like - fat, ugly, sour - but tell me I'm not fair, tell me I'm not ethical, those are the things that bother me.

I'm a good man.

Honestly, I'm not going to lie. I was a good kid.

Even though I'm young, I really try to do the right thing.

This world is always working against a sense of honor, cleanliness, integrity.

Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth.

I think that when you look at a guy like Luke Harper you can see that he does in fact smell.

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

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'