Quotes About Integrity

A woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person." —QUINTILIAN

There was nothing to be gained by making a man feel unkind for having to refuse a favor, or weak in revealing his inability to do so.

Evsei Slonim would have seen himself as a member of the intelligentsia, a classless class whose features Nabokov described asthe spirit of self-sacrifice, intense participation in political causes or political thought, intense sympathy for the underdog of any nationality, fanatical integrity, tragic inability to sink to compromise, true spirit of international responsibility.

He had come a long way since his conviction, as a twenty-year-old, that honesty could not be counterfeited.

honesty very nearly constituted a religious principle for her.* She believed in full candor, which was not the same as full disclosure.

Any people who preferred "a wealthy villain" to "an honest upright man in poverty" deserved, Hancock lectured, to find itself oppressed.

A corrupt people would not long remain free. "He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue," he concluded.

Samuel Adams was the kind of man you like to believe exists and rarely meet.

That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero.

Yes, it's comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard

Yes, it's comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard.

los que más gritan por la paz, son los primeros en quebrantarla.

The worst things are done not by people who believe they are doing wrong, but by those who are convinced that they walk with the hand of God on one shoulder.

Kazanmak bir insan?n güçlü olduÄŸunu deÄŸil terbiyeden yoksun olduÄŸunu gösteriyordu.

When somebody says something that's correct, he has no need to look good.

Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.

Time to man up.

you can manufacture weapons, and you can purchase ammunition, but you can't buy valor and you can't pull heroes off an assembly line.

Honesty doesn't excuse ignorance. But it helps.

There are no promises in life. All we can do is try hard, give everything our best shot and stay true to ourselves.

I don't really take much notice of rumours Sir," Andrew said, straight faced. "Good man. Neither do I. Mostly lies and the rest exaggeration.

I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.

Maybe he didn't really encourage me to do things, but he didn't prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn't do things because I didn't want him to think different about me. But the thing is, I wasn't being honest. So, why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't really even know me?

just be yourself