Sitting Bull Quotes

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

My simple point is that I judge a person's faith by how they live their life, not by the tenets of their religion. I've watched the holiest of people walk past somebody in need or treat their staff mean. To me, the beauty of faith is only seen when people live it consistently or struggle to do so.

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

Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you.

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and he never held a grudge.'

I'm incredibly articulate, thoughtful and moral, and I think about what I do. I want to be known for doing something good.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

All I know is, he's a good kid, and he's done right all his life. And he always treats other people right.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

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

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.

I know I'm a good person.

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

I really don't care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, and kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.

I never ask a hungry man about his past. I feed him, not because he’s good, but because he needs food. Help your neighbor, but keep your nose out of his affairs.

No doubt history will say that Eisenhower was a soldier. For my part, I will remember, above all, his goodness. He was a fundamentally good man who knew how to be loved by the Americans.

It is of little traits that the greatest human character is composed.

A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.

Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.