Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2025-12-18 Dec 18, 2025A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying to others and to yourself.~ Fyodor DostoyevskyWhat good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?~ Jesus of NazarethIll habits gather by unseen degrees -- As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.~ John Dryden Dec 17, 2025Not to be, but to seem, virtuous -- it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery.~ C. S. LewisTo many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.~ Orison Swett MardenOne of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.~ O. A. Battista Dec 16, 2025Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.~ Henry ClayCharacter is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonTis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Dec 15, 2025I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down.~ Henry Brooks Adams...[T]here is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.~ Robert E. LeeOne of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.~ Thomas Sowell Dec 12, 2025It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.~ A. A. HodgeThe only vice that can not be forgiven is hypocrisy.~ William HazlittAlways stand on principle, even if you stand alone.~ John Quincy Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print