Herbert Hoover Quotes

It is character that counts in a nation as in a man.

Well, I believe in the idea of 'normal' in the way that I believe in the idea of logic. Or the idea of character. All of these ethical constructs are just that: constructs.

At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of immediate and obvious consequences.

Ethics is a fluid term ...It's the standards by which a civilized society lives.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

My integrity is something I hold dear.

Throughout my life and career, I have continually been impressed with the importance of integrity - whether it was growing up as a Boy Scout, working in one of my first jobs as a university janitor, or being a leader in a Fortune 500 company.

I think my moral ground is very much intact.

You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral character and human values.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

Morality is not defined and cannot be defined by individual choice.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.

No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.

Society rests upon conscience, not upon science.

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?

Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.