George Washington Quotes

Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.

But courage without conduct is the virtue of a robber, or a tyrant.

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

The esteem of wise and good men is the greatest of all temporal encouragements to virtue; and it is a mark of an abandoned spirit to have no regard to it.

Great learning and superior abilities...will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.

Public esteem is the recompense of honest men.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

I'm actually a very moral guy.

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

I think I'm a decent person.

If you're a good person, that's all that really matters.

The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.

You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice.

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.