Quotes about Uprightness
Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.
- Phillips Brooks
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
- John Adams
A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.
- Harry S. Truman
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
- John Wooden
The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.
- Lou Holtz
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
- Oprah Winfrey
I speak of honor-your honor to God-your honor to country-your honor to self. I sincerely believe it to be the cure to most of our ills, both on a national or individual basis.
- Ezra Taft Benson
A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.
- George Washington
I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always try to do right and be good so that God will not make me one.
- Mark Twain