P. C. Cast Quotes

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

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

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

. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

I'm actually a very moral guy.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

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

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

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.

For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas

Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.

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

There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

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

Virtue is no empty echo.

But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.

Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing however slightly so it may appear to you... Encourage all your virtuous dispositions, and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises, being assured that they will gain strength by exercise ... and that exercise will make them habitual.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.