Alan Paton Quotes

There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

We are all responsible for our actions and our failures to act.

I have learned that when you’re in the right you should fight the world.

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are worth giving your life for.

Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all. ~Shuhei Hisagi

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived.

I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.

We’ll go.” Her voice is surprisingly deep and forceful. Set in her sunken, shipwreck face, her eyes burn like two smoldering coals. “We’ll fight.

To be afraid is the miserable condition of a coward. To do wrong, or omit to do right from fear, is to superadd delinquency to cowardice.

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Integrity is never painless.

There may be responsible persons, but there are no guilty ones.

Reverend Galamison is fighting a hard battle against great opposition, and I admire a man who fights a hard battle against great opposition.

Yes?" she asked, eyeing me guardedly. I struck out a hand and said "Shake." Arra stared at the hand, then into my unfocused eyes. "One good fight doesn't make you a warrior," she said. "Shake!" I repeated angrily. "And if I don't?" she asked. "I'll get back up on the bars and fight you till you do," I growled. Arra studied me at length, then nodded and took my hand. "Power to you, Darren Shan," she said gruffly. "Power," I repeated weakly, then fainted into her arms and knew no more till I came to in my hammock the next night.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be gained, he may say to them, not by subtlety and intrigue; not by wire pulling and demagoguery; not by the arts of popularity; not by skill and shiftiness in following expediency; but by being firm in devotion to the principles of manhood and the application of morals and the courage of righteousness in the public life of our country; by being a man without guile and without fear, without selfishness, and with devotion to duty, devotion to his country.

I fight for what I believe. If you are not willing to stand up for what you believe, your beliefs are not strong enough.

At times you have to fight. No way around it. At some point, every one of us is confronted with danger or injustice. How we choose to combat that challenge is often life-defining. You can face difficulties head-on, or run from them, or ignore them until they consume you. But no one escapes conflict. No one.