Joel Osteen Quotes

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

I do not believe with the Rochefoucaults and the Montaignes that fourteen out of fifteen men are rogues. I believe a great abatement from that proportion may be made in favor of general honesty.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

I myself have constantly refused to print anything that might countenance vice or promote immorality, though … I might have gotten much money.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action.

I want in all cases to do right.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Do what is right, and you'll have no lasting regrets. Do what is right, and put yourself on the side of truth, goodness, and the best of life.

It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.