Quotes About Integrity

Self-betrayal" 1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of "self-betrayal." 2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal. 3. When I see the world in a self-justifying way, my view of reality becomes distorted.

Self-betrayal" 1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of "self-betrayal." 2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal.

Exactly. My heart wouldn't have been at peace even though I was being outwardly helpful, which suggests a betrayal of my original desire to help.

I understand that I may not be responsible for the things he's done. But I am responsible for what I've done.

But that is not what Carol is suggesting. She hasn't said anything about letting Cory off the hook. She's only been talking about not letting herself off the hook.

Which is to say," he continued, "that when I violate the sensibility I have about others and how I should be toward them, I immediately begin to see the world in ways that justify my self-betrayal. In those moments, I am beginning to see and live crookedly, which creates the need within me to be justified.

The most effective leaders lead in this single way: by holding themselves more accountable than all.

Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirety or not at all. . . . We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us -- even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.

Character is who you are when nobody else is watching," he wrote in one of his books—the undeniable, hokey truth.

Politics these days in no occupation for an honest man ... neither educated nor honest, he has to be an ignoramus & a rogue.

Mutlu kiÅŸi hayat?n getirdiklerine göre bir mutlu bir mutsuz olan kiÅŸi deÄŸil, yaÅŸam boyu erdemli davranan talihin cilvelerine onurlu bir ÅŸekilde katlanan ve elindekileriyle en iyi ÅŸekilde davranan kiÅŸidir.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us

Without virtue, man is most unholy and savage, and worst in regard to sex and eating.