Quotes About Integrity

The fact that a humble commoner was more honourable than you'll ever be is hardly my affair. You do what you like.

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

She has more goodness in her little finger, than he has in his whole body.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

and if you want to know where all the good guys are, we're standing right in front of you, lacking the balls to actually make ourselves heard.

When did being right become worthless, and being at fault irrelevant?

A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and Serenity.

No child will ever accept a maxim that is preached but not followed by the preacher. It is a waste of breath for the father to order his Sons to keep their temper, to behave like gentlemen, or to be good sportsmen, if he does or is himself none of these things.

If children see temper uncontrolled, hear gossip, uncharitableness and suspicion of neighbors, witness arrogant sharp-dealing or lax honor, their own characters can scarcely escape perversion. In the same way others can not easily fail to be thoroughbred who have never seen or heard their parents do or say an ignoble thing.

A runner must be able to cover a lot of ground in a day, but he is unusually well-treated and cared for; on his discretion and integrity – since he is intrusted with the most confidential matters – the welfare, or more, of his owners may depend. Occasionally a messenger of this kind for the sake of revenge destroys life-long relations of friendship. However, that induces few individuals to learn writing, and thus make themselves independent of their slaves for life;

If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life.

Be sweet, be good, and honest always.

It has always been my opinion," Bea said musingly, "that there can be worse kinds of infidelity than the merely sexual. I'm a simple woman with a very simple outlook on life. I've always found that things work out best if you keep to certain simple rules. Right down the line. And one of the first rules for a successful marriage is loyalty to your partner. Total loyalty.

There's not a thing wrong with you, you're right the whole way through.

that coin purse rather than sell it. With a heavy heart, Vere accepted that his brother had been a military hero, but a man of little honour.

You have to be yourself," she said, more than half wishing her nature was as brave as his. "Once you start pretending, you tend to get stuck with it.

Pardon me, madam, if I have little respect for honor. I think it's only a euphemism for double standard and hypocrisy. - Clay Sutherland

Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.

existe un límite? ¿Causas que te negarías a defender? «Si me preguntas eso, quiere decir que no has comprendido qué es ser abogado. Yo no defiendo ninguna causa, pero no rechazo a ningún acusado.

Quien tiene dos mujeres pierde el alma, quien tiene dos casas pierde la razón.»