Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Many shoulder heavy burdens of righteous responsibility which, on occasion, seem so difficult to bear. I have heard those challenges termed impossible.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you’re held responsible for everything, but you don’t always have control of everything, right?

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence… on pain of liquidation.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information – the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Repeal the Missouri Compromise – repeal all compromises – repeal the Declaration of Independence – repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man’s heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

The computer brings out the worst in some people.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

States should have the right to enact laws… particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don’t like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

We moralize among ruins.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

Becoming a ‚Sir‘ is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The only shame is to have none.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood – both its power and those who bear it.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

Morality is of the highest importance – but for us, not for God.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are – that is the fact.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.