Julia Quinn Quotes

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

A good character is the best tombstone.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

Ability without honor is useless.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

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

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

To be without silver is better than to be without honor.

I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success.

I have nothing left but my integrity.

Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

Speak only that which will bring you honor.

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

Be NOBLE! and the nobleness that liesIn other men, sleeping, but never dead,Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.