Quotes About Integrity

I'm not saying don't do it. I'm just saying don't pretend it's not a big deal when it obviously is.

Men like Stephen don't cheat because they're missing something at home, Christy-Lynn. They cheat because they're missing something inside, so they take what they want and make it theirs, because they need to fill up all that empty space.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

Blaming the wine would have been taking the easy way out. Annie refused to do that. Rather, she buttoned her blouse with raggedy fingers and said, "I was thinking of my husband. That's the problem. I was using you, but you shouldn't be a stand-in for someone else. You deserve more.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed up to hit a pedestrian or, or course, stop to kick a pedestrian who has already been hit. From which it followed, of course, that one would never ever -- on pain of deletion from dozens of Christmas card lists across the country -- vote Republican.

You must get hurt a lot," he murmured. She looked at him in surprise. "Why do you say that?" "Because you don't hide anything. You put yourself out there for the world to like or dislike.

She sighed as he left, wondering why it was becoming so difficult to tell the good guys from the bad guys.

It's not your name that's important. It's who you are. It's living a life of truth, a life without fear

If you like what you do, then own it," he said. "Be whoever you want to be. The worst thing is trying to be someone you're not.

What I can promise is this -- I'll never lie to you, betray you, or walk away from you.

Sometimes out here, people swear to prove they're not scared.

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

In a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is make things as right as we can.

It's what you do that makes your soul.

The greater your integrity, the more the many gates of knowledge and the real truths of existence will be revealed.

No woman should have as her life's mate a man who has mated with half the females in England, who brings home diseases and litters the countryside with his butter stamps. It's wrong.

You can't judge people for the mistakes they make. You judge them for how they fix those mistakes.

When people openly express how unavailable they are right from the beginning, listen! They are letting you know in no uncertain terms that they are not looking for a genuine, healthy, authentic relationship. When

Pride is a thin substitute for sincere, openhearted dignity.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.