Vaclav Havel Quotes

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

I'd rather be good than lucky.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

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

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

Union is a delectable thing, and so is wealth, and so is life, but they may all cost too much, if they cost honour.

I have nothing left but my integrity.

Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.

We all have the duty to do good.

I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.

Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

It's not a problem to be great and do good things.

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

To set the cause above renown.

Great people have great values and great ethics.

The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.