It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‚Is it safe?‘ Expediency asks the question, ‚Is it politic?‘ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‚Is it popular?‘ But Conscience asks the question, ‚Is it right?‘

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

When you stand for something, you’ve got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

By a lie, a man… annihilates his dignity as a man.

A letter does not blush.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.

This way of life is worth defending.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man’s soul.

I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

I’m the proof – you can’t throw away tradition.

I’ll be honest: I haven’t ruled politics out.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

I take my sleep very, very important.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

I just know what is right and I want to do what is right.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

I’m not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it’s a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don’t believe that’s the way one oughta campaign, I’ve never done that.

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.

When we value correct principles, we have truth – a knowledge of things as they are.

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There’s no tricks. It’s honesty with big melodies.

Lying is not only saying what isn’t true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler.

Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?

Every time I say something that’s extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet.

One of my proudest moments is I didn’t sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest – that would be like a blind man willing to see.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

I’m not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I’m going to say how I feel.

I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world.

I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.

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

As president, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people. But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values and your vision and the life experiences that make you who you are.