Quotes About Integrity

It is immoral to hold an opinion in order to curry another's favor; mercenary, servile, and against the dignity of human liberty to yield and submit; supremely stupid to believe as a matter of habit; irrational to decide according to the majority opinion, as if the number of sages exceeded the infinite number of fools.

Its a poor mind that would think with the multitude, because it is multitude. Truth is not altered by the opinions of the vulgar, or by confirmations of the many

We influence by what we are and by what we do. In one sense, it could be said that we influence others simply by being.

A man lay before me. He had sunk as low as any I had ever known. Then he had fought his way back and back and had become worthy. A man far better than I, for he had located his moral pole star and set his course by it though it had cost his life.

If you always do the easier thing, then you cannot possibly remain steadfast when it becomes necessary to take a difficult stand. You must do what you know to be right. And you do know. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you do know and you are just making excuses because the right thing is so hard, or just inconvenient.

Raven is an asset in any game including One-Eye. One-Eye cheats. But never when Raven is playing.

money has no provenance. It's never dirty, only the people who handle it are.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors, and thieves. —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC)

One should speak truthfully; one should not get angry; when asked, one should give, even if there is just a little. With these three traits, one would go in the presence of the radiant ones.

Lie to everyone in this man's world if need be, but never lie to yourself, because that's the quickest road to destruction.

It's a shame that money has to enter into everything.

There are values far beyond those of contracts, markets and exchange

Since God is truth, a contempt for truth is equally a contempt for God.

And now I'm supposed to believe that the leader of the three, Alpha Rat, is a good guy because he fell on his head.

We all do jerky things," she assures me. "It's what you do next that matters.

I've never heard a teacher say something that was so completely, totally honest.

A public man, though he is necessarily available at many times, must learn to hide. If he is always available, he is not worth enough when he is available.

But what does it mean to "guard" the heart? For one thing, the writer is obviously concerned that the heart be protected from influences outside itself that might jeopardize its integrity. The writer is also focused on the strength and development of the heart in order to increase its capacity to bring order to one's life.

As William Plumer of New Hampshire complained, "It is impossible to censure measures without condemning men.

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to get the truth back.

He was, as soldier and man, all of a piece

Many years ago, there used to be something called 'conflict of interest.' No longer, I'm afraid. Today, we all bathe in the same river.