Occasionally the conflict between ‚what we stand for‘ and ‚what we do‘ has been forthrightly addressed.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

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

No man is hurt but by himself.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the ‚Wall Street Journal.‘

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man’s actions.

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we’ve done or we’re about to do. At times like this, it’s wise to prayerfully consider whether we’re offending God with our actions.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

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

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

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

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Politics have no relation to morals.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

It’s like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they raised you. Because that authentic self is going to follow you all through life, so make sure that it’s solid so it’s something that you can hold on and be proud of for the rest of your life.

I don’t have stylistic loyalty. That’s why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.

Nobody knows me.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Some Christians feel guilty when they are doing something that isn’t ‚spiritual.‘ Somehow or another, they feel the need to hurry through the grocery store, dash through the house cleaning, and rush through all the daily aspects of life that seem irrelevant to their faith.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten.

At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.

The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

When in doubt tell the truth.

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.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can’t I just be an ordinary woman?

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you’re going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

It’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

Why regret anything? Where does it get you to regret anything you’ve ever done in your life? It gets you nowhere. It’s a pathetic emotion that you can wallow in.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that’s happening to me, and some days I feel everyone’s waiting for me to mess up.

To be ashamed of one’s immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one’s morality.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

It is important to remember yourself.

There are some people who need to wear a label round their necks to show that they are Christians at all, or else we might mistake them for sinners, their actions are so like those of the ungodly.

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

In the game of cricket, a hero is a person who respects the game and does not corrupt the game. The one who doesn’t or corrupts the game, they are the villain. They should be punished, and they have been punished in the past.

The people in my songs are all me.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

When it comes to our everyday habits, it’s important to ask: ‚Am I putting God first?‘