Quotes About Integrity

Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.

The love of gain never made a Painter; but it has marred many.

To you sir, this may appear strange; it may appear impertinent; it may appear astonishing; but to me, sir, who am as uncorrupted, us unprotected by power, it is a duty which every honest man out of office should observe towards every rogue in.

If the whole world should agree to speak nothing but truth, what an abridgment it would make of speech! And what an unraveling there would be of the invisible webs which men, like so many spiders, now weave about each other!

There is nothing in this world so hard to get at as truth, and there is nothing in this world but truth that I care for.

would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.

It could not be denied, however, that he set a high value upon justice, for he sold it at its weight in gold.

A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito

To be accountable means that we are willing to be responsible to another person for our behavior and it implies a level of submission to another's opinions and viewpoints.

We are given talent but we choose to have character.

Character is contagious.

A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.

You are never wrong doing the right thing.

A lot of performers, if they go to bed with a woman on the road, they think of her as a slut. As a person and a man, what does that make them then? Lowlife or high living, you give as good as you get, and I don't think women's sex lives have a thing to do with the kinds of human beings they are.

There were two kinds of people Grandpa didn't trust, a preacher and a cop. He'd say "They both think they're sanctified in everything they do.

Honesty is something you can't wear out.

The most enduring heroes are people who don't try to be.

We can teach what we know, but ultimately, we will reproduce what we are.

To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men." A. W. TOZER

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

The freedom to be honest and the freedom to struggle are key to a real friendship," John said.

If you care about words you learn quite early in life that it is evil to lie.

Lead, follow—what difference does it make? It's all a choice. There's no escape in blame, no comfort in shirking responsibility. We all make choices. We must all face the consequences of those choices.