Quotes About Integrity

The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)

You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close.

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

Fifty years passed between the scandals of the 1920s and their counterparts in the 1980s. If Wall Street escapes another major threat to its integrity for even half as long, the crackdown that culminated in Milken's conviction will have proven of historic value.

Selling such a large stake flew in the face of everything she knew about her father. He loved content.

Epictetus: "Look not for any greater harm than this: destroying the trustworthy, self-respecting well-behaved man within you.

What are the benefits of a Stoic life?" I would probably say, "It is an ancient and honorable package of advice on how to stay out of the clutches of those who are trying to get you on the hook, trying to give you a feeling of obligation, trying to get moral leverage on you, to force you to bend to their will.

the sine qua non of a leader has lain not in his chesslike grasp of issues and the options they portend, not in his style of management, not in his skill at processing information, but in his having the character, the heart, to deal spontaneously, honorably, and candidly with people, perplexities, and principles.

don't let "reputation" get mixed up with your moral purpose or your will power; they are important. Make sure "reputation" is in that box in the bottom drawer marked "matters of indifference

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

He wants your friendship, and for it he'll pay you in virtues you can use all your life.

Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook, but it's better to undercook than overcook.

What is a law, if those who make it Become the forwardest to break it?

I've spoken the truth. The truth can't be unsaid.

For scores of millions of Americans, Clinton's "caring" was more important than his lying.

Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.

Rather we must seek out9 the good things peculiar to the good, and give the widest berth to the evils peculiar to evil men.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

There is no occasion to trample upon the meanest reptile, nor to sneak to the greatest prince. Insolence and baseness are equally unmanly.

Be careful of your word, even in keeping the most trifling appointment. But do not blame another for a failure of that kind till you have heard his excuse.

Abraham Lincoln, who was about to meet some visiting clergy to accept a petition, was shining his shoes when a cabinet minister came into his office for a quick answer to a question. The cabinet secretary asked in surprise, "Mr. President, are you shining your own shoes?" "Whose shoes would I shine?" replied Lincoln dryly.

Never, never, never, never, never give in—except to dictates of honor and good sense.

Leadership sometimes demands more than verbiage. It requires visible acts.