Quotes About Integrity

Then the only proper response for me to make is this: 'You are much mistaken, my friend, if you think that any man worth his salt cares about the risk of death and doesn't concentrate on this alone: whether what he's doing is right or wrong, and his behavior a good man's or a bad one's.' 

What, then, should we strive for in life? Right thoughts, beneficial actions, honest speech, and a cheerful disposition. These things are in harmony with, and flow from, the eternal Source of all.

21. If anyone can refute me—show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I'll gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.

29. To erase false perceptions, tell yourself: I have it in me to keep my soul from evil, lust and all confusion. To see things as they are and treat them as they deserve. Don't overlook this innate ability.

Let it not be in any man's power, to say truly of thee, that thou art not truly simple, or sincere and open, or not good. Let him be deceived whosoever he be that shall have any such opinion of thee. For all this doth depend of thee. For who is it that should hinder thee from being either truly simple or good? Do thou only resolve rather not to live, than not to be such.

If any man is able to convince me and show me that I do not think or act rightly, I will gladly change; for I seek the truth

But Marcus Aurelius knows that what the heart is full of, the man will do.

While you live—while you can—be a good man.

Speak what you really think, not what you think people want to hear.

Don't stray, but do what's right whenever you're moved to act, and stick with what's clear and certain whenever you think.

You can't set down rules for others until you have first followed them yourself.

Did someone do me wrong? That's their problem—they harmed their own character, not mine. I will stay focused on my own thoughts and actions.

No obres como quien ha de vivir diez mil años. Lo irreparable está ya suspendido encima de ti. Mientras vives, mientras es aún posible, sé hombre de bien.

fix thy mind upon the thing itself; look into it, and remembering thyself, that thou art bound nevertheless to be a good man, and what it is that thy nature requireth of thee as thou art a man, be not diverted from what thou art about, and speak that which seemeth unto thee most just: only speak it kindly, modestly, and without hypocrisy.

Cuánta holgura se logra si no se mira lo que el vecino dijo, hizo o pensó, sino lo que hace uno mismo, para que también esta acción sea justa, santa y conforme con el bien! No observes los malos caracteres, sino lleva adelante tu camino hacia el fin, sin mirar acá ni allá, por los lados.

So what should one take seriously? Only the following: a just mind, socially useful actions, speech that only ever tells the truth, and the ability to welcome everything that happens as necessary

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.

Yo, al contrario, tras haber contemplado la naturaleza del bien y ver que es algo bello, y la del mal y ver que es algo vergonzoso, y la naturaleza del que yerra y ver que es de mi linaje, no por la misma sangre o simiente, sino por ser partícipe de la inteligencia[180] y fracción divina[181], tampoco puedo subir perjuicio por parte de alguno de ellos, porque nadie me cubrirá de vergüenza; tampoco puedo encolerizarme con el que es de mi linaje ni odiarlo. Hemos

Conviene, por consiguiente, mantenerse recto, no enderezado.

From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure; nor continually to excuse the neglect of duties required by our relation to those with whom we live, by alleging urgent occupations.

Nature did not blend things so inextricably that you can't draw your own boundaries—place your own well-being in your own hands. It's quite possible to be a good man without anyone realizing it. Remember that.

Indeed, no one can thwart the purposes of your mind—for they can't be touched by fire, steel, tyranny, slander, or anything.

Let no one have the chance to accuse you, with any truth, of not being sincere or a good man. Make sure that anyone taking that view of you is a liar. This is wholly up to you -- who is there to prevent you being good and sincere?

De mi padre[144] la gentileza, la firmeza sin oscilación en decisiones previamente analizadas; no vanagloriarse en lo que se considera motivo de honras; ser amigo del esfuerzo y perseverar; prestar oídos a quien tiene algo en bien del común que proponer; no dejarse pervertir al distribuir a cada