Quotes About Uprightness

Question: Is it Tyron or Tryon Edwards? There seems to be a discrepancy. What is meant by ill-desert or is this a typo?

Strive for integrity - that means knowing your values in life and behaving in a way that is consistent with these values.

on Paulette Goddard] It was her honesty I liked.

Though he had not done much, perhaps, to improve the lot of man, he had never added to the world's misery. He had never been unkind or discourteous or greedy or dishonest.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

My children feel proud of me. Since their father is honest, they have nothing to be ashamed about.

The pure in life and free from sin.

Honor and dignity of man is only in virtue and piety.

Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?

The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.

Not only do I never lie, I never respond to lies, no matter how vicious, no matter how hurtful.

I'd say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.

I am pure of heart and mind," I told her. "I cannot be corrupted.

Make things right?" I asked. "Where did you learn that one?" "From Mr. Carpenter," she said. "He says making things right is the first and last thing you should do every day. And that it's what you always try to do.

I am resolved in that my greatest contribution to society, having never been a vagrant, assassin, or otherwise impassioned ne'er do well, is consistency.

A mind aware of its own rectitude.

Integrity is the core of our character.

All that matter is honesty, integrity, and courage to face your conviction.

There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.

Surely the spiritual leader must be sincere in promise, faithful in discharge of duty, upright in finances, loyal in service, and honest in speech.