Quotes About Integrity

You write?" "Why, all the time," said Locke, "except of course when I'm wrong.

The difference between honest and dishonest commerce is that when an honest man or woman of business ruins someone, they don't have the courtesy to cut their throat to finish the affair.

Lies go out, but the truth stays home.

the best disguises were those that were poured out of the heart rather than painted on the face.

I more proudly take a speck from a man with empty pockets," said Sabetha, "than riches from a man whose purse stays heavy.

A book without spine or covers is like an unquiet spirit without mortal form. Whatever's left of it holds itself together out of sheer resentment, roaming without purpose, lashing out at whatever crosses its path.

There are only three people in life you can never fool—pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother.

That's that. Put it in your hat and wear it to town, Locke. We need to face our shortcomings head on. The old saying for a gang is, ''Lies go out, but the truth stays home''.

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While Kaiser has steadfastly refused to silence the prophets, he also repeatedly warns against giving them the last word.

All we had to do was complete the same two statements Michael had hanging in his office in his declaration: I declare that I am … and You can count on me to … Simple? Sure. But far from easy. Do it right, and you will find yourself digging deep inside.

I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.

Equality and respect are woven into the fabric of the conduct and performance of iconic organizations and leaders. Period.

Do the best that you can in the place where you are, and be kind.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

People assume that if they use higher mathematics and computer models they're doing the Lord's work," observed Buffett's longtime partner, the cerebral Charlie Munger. "They're usually doing the devil's work.

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

The big challenge is, we have to constrain and mold our ambition level without losing the spark. The stuff I lose sleep over nigh is, how are we doing on this? We want to make progress as fast as possible without exploiting human resources. How do you move faster without killing people? How do you build a community around the project without losing design integrity? And how do we get on an arc that moves from benign dictatorship to more small-group democracy?

As you can see, the words fair play are not in my vocabulary. Well, they are in my vocabulary, but only to say that they aren't.

As with anything worth achieving, the road to all-encompassing evil has no shortcuts.

You can fuck your math teacher but you can't fuck math.

A classy guy had manners. He said please and thank you, Mr. and Miss, and held open doors. Classy guys picked up checks. They left good tips. They dressed with respect. They kept their word. They sent flowers. They apologized personally. They tried to be kind and courteous, even if they sometimes had to be firm, and their best jokes were about themselves. My mother's friends

The trouble with excuses, however, is that they become inevitably difficult to believe after they've been used a couple of times.