Victor Hugo Quotes

The just man walks in his integrity

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.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what is right; another is an absence of the guilt and anxiety that accompany sin. Another reward of integrity is the confidence it can give us in approaching God. When virtue garnishes our thoughts unceasingly, our confidence is strong in the presence of God.

That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

Integrity, like humility, is a quality which vanishes the moment we are conscious of it in ourselves. We see it only in others.

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

To have done no man a wrong...to walk and live, unseduced, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing between your desire and its gratification but the invisible law of rectitude-this is to be a man.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

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

Men of most renowned virtue have by transgressing most truly kept the law.

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no longer a split in the soul ... For the person of integrity, life may not be easy but it is simple: Figure out what is right and do it. All other considerations come in second.

The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.

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