Quotes About Integrity

To feel or act towards the right person to the right extent at the right time for the right reason in the right way - is not easy, and it is not everyone that can do it, hence to do these things well is a rare, laudable and fine achievement.

For liberality resides not in the multitude of the gifts but in the state of character of the giver.

What then is a moral virtue, the result of such a process duly directed? It is no mere mood of feeling, no mere liability to emotion, no mere natural aptitude or endowment, it is a permanent state of the agent's self, or, as we might in modern phrase put it, of his will, it consists in a steady self-imposed obedience to a rule of action in certain situations which frequently recur in human life.

We can do noble acts without ruling earth and sea; for even with moderate advantages one can act excellently.

Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.

for we are noble in only one way, but bad in all sorts of ways.

I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

La justicia encierra y comprende en sí misma todas las virtudes, porque la justicia es la práctica de la virtud perfecta, y su perfección reside en el hecho de quien la ejerce y la posee; éste no lo hace sólo respecto de sí mismo, sino también respecto de los demás

For we don't wish to know what bravery is but to be brave, not what justice is but to be just, just as we wish to be in health rather than to know what health is

Es una cobardía, digna sólo de un esclavo, sufrir un insulto y dejar que impunemente se ataque a las personas de su cariño.

Men may be bad in many ways, But good in one alone.

Je vois les choses de plus haut. Je sens trop ma force pour m'abaisser à de telles intrigues, si au-dessous de mon caractère ; je marche d'une allure plus franche. On me reprocherait avec plus de raison, peut-être, de faire ma politique comme les torrents font leur lit.

Could you conjugate that? To sleaze. I sleaze. You sleaze. We all have sleazen.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

The foundation of England's greatness is that Englishmen hate to look fools.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

He was only aware of the conflict that was slowly destroying his integrity—the conflict between truth, and concealment of truth.

Otsusta minu üle mu tegude järgi, ehkki neid on vähe, mitte mu sõnade järgi, kuigi neid on palju.

could one make up for lack of moral courage by proving physical bravery?

And as for you, Paul, I assured him that you could keep a secret for up to six days without apoplexy.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

Alexander Wainwright was a tall, handsome man in the late forties. He was, Stormgren knew, completely honest, and therefore doubly dangerous.

When no one lacks anything, there is no point in stealing.

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable. - The Adventure of the Dying Detective