Quotes About Integrity

Nothing creates untruth in you as the wish to please.

How should you hope for mercy, rendering none?

He thought most men would hardly dare to touch her, or only with anger, because she would not pretend anything was casual.

My ambitions for you are slowly being realised, and, even though you are unhappy, console yourself with the thought that it was part of my plan for you to be unhappy for a while. The fact that you associate intimately with girls who do not care for the things you do should strengthen your own artistic integrity and fortify you against the world; remember, Natalie, your enemies will always come from the same place your friends do.

Some inner integrity had preserved their shop from being a shoppe.

It's useless to hold a person to anything he says wile he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

Once I give my word, I don't care if the world comes to an end.

But after all, I'm not God's lawyer. I'm not doing any backbiting, God forbid, and I can't stand the evil tongue.

I only wanted to be good—the trouble is that being good gets you nowhere.

When you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a good bonfire. You should not be a smoky fire. You should burn yourself completely. If you do not burn yourself completely, a trace of yourself will be left in what you do.

We're flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can't con people unless they're greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can't cheat an honest man.

Paul Martin took his marriage vows seriously. For instance, he would never have dreamed of dishonouring his wife by taking her and his mistress to the same restaurant. His marriage was one part of his life, his affairs were another.

Beware of people who say they're too rich to have to work for money, Adam thought.

Each day it was getting more and more difficult for an honest man to make a living.

But remember, sonny, you can't con people unless they're greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can't cheat an honest man.

it's dangerous to throw stones at people if you're in a glass house.

if you're gonna shoot off your mouth, make sure it's loaded first.

Our greatest temptations generally arise from the areas closest to our hearts.

It only too often yields to the temptation to become sycophantic, opportunist and lying, like a politician who sees the truth but wants to keep his place in popular favour.

bisogna svelarsi come il solo malvagio fra tutte le nobili persone con le quali si spartisce la vita

It's because a person has a sense of humor that we feel we can trust them, says Milan Kundera.)

Catherine [of Siena] compares justice combined with mercy with a precious pearl. Justice without mercy would be dark, cruel, more like injustice than justice. But mercy without justice would be like salve on a sore which should be cleansed with the red-hot iron; if the salve is applied before the wound is cleansed it only makes it smart, and does not heal it

El honor de una mujer era el honor de todos los hombres que tenían el derecho y el deber de velar por ella.

I never thought, she went on, that it would be so easy for me to lie. But what must be done can be done.