Quotes About Integrity

I very little, you cheat big! – Short Round

Sweeping the sheds. Doing it properly. So no one else has to. Because no one looks after the All Blacks. The All Blacks look after themselves.

are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

A collection of talented individuals without personal discipline will ultimately and inevitably fail. Character triumphs over talent.

To be able to work together, communication is the biggest thing,' says Smith. 'And I think that comes from a team that has good links from off the field . . . a team able to spend time together and talk to one another and be honest with one another. It's incredibly important.

Most leaders who fail,' Bill George says in an interview with Pamela Hawley, 'really suffer from a lack of a strong identity, belief in themselves and, to be frank, respect for themselves.

For to die with honour is far better than to live disgraced.

for it is better that we slay a coward than through a coward be all slain.

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

With God there is no potential for fraud, deception, contamination, or disaster.

Both in concept and infrastructure American democracy was majestic, but when one came down to the actual, individual men who worked behind those imposing marble facades, the people were as likely as not to elect seedy, shortsighted, self-serving jingoes who embarrassed their offices.

It is better to live than lie dead. A dead man gathers no goods. Hávamál

Be your friend's true friend, to him and his friends, Thorgrim recalled the old saying. Beware of befriending an enemy's friend.

No matter what occurs in your life, no matter how bad the circumstances seem to be, you must never consider a dishonorable act as a viable alternative.

CHAP. XIX. The Duke Ai asked, saying, 'What should be done in order to secure the submission of the people?' Confucius replied, 'Advance the upright and set aside the crooked, then the people will submit. Advance the crooked and set aside the upright, then the people will not submit.

Be yourself, no one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong.

I fought at Serenity Valley. It ain't about optimism. It's about doin' what's right even when everything's stacked against you.

Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

One needn't worry about turning heads if keeping one's own was a matter left unresolved.

Exemplary leaders know that if they want to gain commitment and achieve the highest standards, they must be models of the behavior they expect of others.

Leading by example is more effective than leading by command.

If you don't believe in the messenger, you won't believe the message.

Titles are granted, but it's your behavior that earns you respect.

their unsullied honor became the foundation of the myth.