Walter Scott Quotes

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

Cowardice is the greatest sin.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

The just man walks in his integrity

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience.

Courage is the most important of the virtues because it is the one that makes all the others possible.

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.

Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Fear could never make virtue.

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

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

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.