Julius Charles Hare Quotes

Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

When I was younger, I was impressed by those who were educated, accomplished, successful, and applauded by the world. But over the years, I have come to the realization that I am far more impressed by those wonderful and blessed souls who are truly good and without guile.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm and reasonable kindness. It was not any particular talent that attracted me to him, or i anything striking whatsoever. I should say in one word, it was his goodness.

Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar, without his ambition; Frederick, without his tyranny; Napoleon, without his selfishness, and Washington, without his reward.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

There is but on virtue--the eternal sacrifice of self.

Noble be man, helpful and good!

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.

Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune.

The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.