Upholding Values Quotes

We must practice what we preach.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Virtue is necessary to a republic.

Even if the exercise of my responsibility becomes my burden, I’ll bear it. But I can tell you I am going to sleep well tonight knowing I’ve made the right decision.

I play the game the right way.

Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Members of the rising new generation! The future is yours. The republic has been founded by us. It is up to you to guard and exalt it.

The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than they have it now. They may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

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 was taught never to compromise: to never sing a cheap song. I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant or think that I'm more intelligent than they are. To think otherwise is totally incorrect and runs contrary to everything I was raised to believe.

Life is lighter than a feather; duty is heavier than a mountain.

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.

When I see something messed up, I'm going to challenge it.

My grandma was very traditional, but she herself is a rebel of that culture.

I now have faith in those who say they represent a faith. Whereas before I was like, 'Do not give me a lecture on how to live my life when I know I'm a pretty decent human being. I might not go to church every day, but I know I do the right thing or try to. You're going to church and you're still sleeping around on your wife and spending everyone's money. How are you better than I am?' So I've finally met people that walk the walk and it's made me happy, really happy.

It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not.

Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice.