Billy Sunday Quotes

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

If a ruler of men wants to put an end to vice, he must examine the correspondence between form and name and look to see how what is said differs from what is done.

I never did anything dishonest.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.

Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you in jail. Honesty is merely a form of insurance.

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

I myself have constantly refused to print anything that might countenance vice or promote immorality, though … I might have gotten much money.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.

When you're right, you're right, when you're wrong, you're wrong and that's all there is to it.

If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so.

The people of the United States are not morally fit to survive.

My mother taught me to be honest no matter what situation takes place in my life, to be honest and to stay humble.

We need to look at truth. We need to look at justice, and we need to look at righteousness. And let that be our guide going forward.