Quotes about Decency
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
— John Wooden
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that
— George Bernard Shaw
When you lead with integrity you won't always win, but you will always do the right thing.
— Jon Gordon
Always take the high road.
— John Maxwell
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
— Genesis 9:23
Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
— John Wooden
Never lie. Never cheat. Never steal.
— John Wooden
Seems to me it all boils down to one thing. Was this fellow we're supposing about under any obligation to the other party - the one he was trying to buy the property from?' Ralph hesitated. 'Only the obligation recognized between decent men to deal with each other decently.' Mr. Spragg listened to this with the suffering air of a teacher compelled to simplify upon his simplest question.
— Edith Wharton
We should be living a life of purity.
— Jeremy Camp
Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly
— Samuel Johnson
The incident had that rich savor of the ludicrous which neither pity nor charity can destroy. Unfortunately, she could not in decency share it with anybody; she could only enjoy it in lonely ecstasies of mirth.
— Dorothy Sayers