Julian Baggini Quotes

Honesty is most important, and it's difficult when you're young and single and sort of figuring out your own life.

Do well and right and let the world sink.

In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.

And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life?

Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

A conscience is like a boat or a car. If you feel you need one, rent it.

Self-respecting men and women think about the consequences of their actions-and are willing to take responsibility for them.

Tis well when we dare not do a thing we think is not good and fair; but not so well when we think a thing not good and fair because we dare not do it.

Honesty is the mother of confidence; it unites, combines and solidifies society. Dishonesty is disintegration; it destroys confidence; it brings social chaos. . . .

Faction seldom leaves a man honest, however it might find him.

Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing.

One of the hardest things to teach a child is that truth is more important than consequences.

Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands.

If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.

I'm not naive, I know that bad things happen, but most people do the right thing most of the time. Most people wake up and they try to do what's right for their relationships, whether it's marriage or family. They try to do what's right for their job. They try to make a better world for those around them, and that's what I want to write about.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

A person of responsibility can trust himself to choose the right thing over the easy thing.

It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results.

Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use.

Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.

When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.

Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.

He who does not lie does not know what truth is.

Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.