Character Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And…

— Thomas Jefferson

If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you are conventionally…

— Bertrand Russell

Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only…

— Anonymous

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without…

— Plato

Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word,…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Do good under all circumstances, but with no care for any profit, or any blessedness, or any damnation, or any salvation, or any martyrdom;…

— Hadewijch

Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich.

— Thomas Browne

Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.

— Zhuangzi

Nothing is wiser than giving first to God, cutting back our expenditures wherever we can, and systematically paying off our debts to others, having…

— Randy Alcorn

“Each of these imperatives has a tendency to degenerate into an excuse for greed and materialism in the absence of the other. Without the…

— Greg Forster

Before we can even begin to grapple with the frustrations and tragedies of life in this world, we must do away with our faithless…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Everyone dies whether one is good in their lifetime or evil in their lifetime. So virtue has no payback. Life is meaningless. When you…

— Gerry Lindgren