Quotes About Integrity

Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.

A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

That is the best baptism that leaves the man cleanest inside.

Spirituality without morality is rootless.

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. If you are angry with a man, or hate him, it is not hard to go to him and stab him with words; but so to love a man that you cannot bear to see the stain of sin upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words--that is friendship. But few have such friends. Our enemies usually teach us what we are, at the point of the sword.

Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.

There never was a liar that had not a spot in him where he could not help admiring truth.

No man rides so high and in such good company as the man that allies himself to a truth.

Christians should be like a flower store: the odor of sanctity should betray them wherever they are.

Only the pure of heart can make a good soup.

I would not make the world wise at the expense of a virtue.

Each country has its own manner of telephoning. The Russians, at least, are honest. They say, "It is Ivan Ivanovich who is bothering you." The

A saccharine, easy grace is no grace at all.

If you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

I would never want to force you to do something you don't want to do, I don't ever want to take something from you that you don't want to give me.

Not if he wanted to be able to look at himself in the mirror in the morning without seeing the word asshole written across his forehead.

If you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away. Sophie

There are those who believe that clumsiness and truthfulness go together. But cumbersomeness does not necessarily imply a sincere heart.

You can be nobody but yourself. You cannot hide away, nor be lost in any crowd. You carry the glory and the burden of your individuality.

There's more to people than what you can see, isn't there, Aunt Lillian?" Immediately, Lillian pursued the subject. "What do you mean? He respects you, I hope." "Respect" in the aunts' vocabulary meant "no sex." "Yes, he respects me.

Conflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?' 'Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence.

Ethically challenged magical practitioners," I said.

My dad had once told me that the secret to a happy life was never to start something with a girl unless you were willing to follow wherever it leads.