High Principles Quotes

I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.

He was a crystal of morality among our scientists.

Schimmelpenninck is too virtuous for the century in which we live.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim against the tide. ... We Christians were not chosen by the Lord for little things; push onwards toward the highest principles. Stake your lives on noble ideals, my dear young people!

Eric Holder is a decent man.

Honor does not have to be defended.

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.

A leader has to be a role model both in both political and personal life, so from the beginning, I was cautious about my image and I wanted to be incorruptible like my father.

And I may stand where health, success, and power Await my coming, if, each fleeting hour I cling to love and patience; and abide With stainlessness; and never step aside From high integrity; so shall I see At last the land of immortality.

Gaylord (Perry) is a very honorable man. He only calls for the spitter when he needs it.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

Good poetry does undoubtedly tend to form the soul and character; it tends to beget a love of beauty and of truth in alliance together, it suggests, however indirectly, high and noble principles of action, and it inspires the emotion so helpful in making principles operative.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.