Groucho Marx Quotes

I do what I believe.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

Just stay true to yourself and true to wut you believe.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

I am really laid back and kind of go-with-the-flow, but I will never do anything that I don't believe in.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Playing nice isn't really something that's in my vocabulary. I just do what I think is right.

My moral standing is lying down.

Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.

I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.

You have to do what you believe in.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

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