Rectitude Quotes

34 quotes by 31 authors

I know not whether, in the eyes of the world, a brilliant death is not preferred to an obscure life of rectitude. Most men are… — Davy Crockett
Unskilled in sophistry and new to the darker ways of national politics, Grover Cleveland faced his accusers, his slanderers, and his judges, the sovereign people,… — Grover Cleveland
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. — Herbert Read
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale… — Winston Churchill
There is no peace and no rest in the development of material interests. They have their law, and their justice. But it is founded on… — Joseph Conrad
There are some who live by every rule and cling tightly to their rectitude because they fear being swept away by a tempest of passion,… — Philip Pullman
Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is man: for his… — Ayn Rand
Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration to moral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually written in it? — Richard Dawkins
The crown and glory of life is character. It is the noblest possession of a man, constituting a rank in itself, and an estate in… — Samuel Smiles
A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune. — Henry Ward Beecher
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. — P.J. O'Rourke
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at… — David Mamet
The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very… — Winston Churchill
Your attitude is a multitude of aptitude and rectitude which decides your altitude in plenitude. — Vikrant Parsai

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