Quotes About Integrity

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

He taught me that the measure of a man lies not in what he says but what he does.

Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.

named Wendell Berry, often used by citizens of Thistledown. The slate's simple

But love and loyalty could not be earned by indebtedness.

Truth is a hunter. Truth is what kills you when you give up the lies.

You already have one asshole, you don't need another one

Cheaters never prosper. (Because they suck.)

you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person.

We have become a sloppy bunch of people. We say things we don't mean. We make promises we don't keep.

It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less - even a vague pathetic facsimile of less - than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get and please don't settle for less.

You already have one asshole. You don't need another.

The only reason people compromise themselves is because they don't feel strongly enough about themselves and are looking for another person to fix it for them, either sexually or emotionally. That's why it is imperative that you get to a place where you like yourself, even if just for the added bonus of weeding out the creeps.

Cheaters never prosper

The behavior sometimes has to come before the feelings, so instead of doing something falsely satisfying that you'll regret, why not try doing something that you'll hate now (like deep-conditioning your hair and going to bed early) but be proud of later.

A friend of mine told a story about a date with a guy she was really excited about: He stood her up. He then called her, begging her forgiveness and giving some excuse. She told him to get lost, telling him that he only gets one shot with her, and he blew it.

I'm about to make a wild, extreme, and severe relationship rule: the word "busy" is a load of crap and is most often used by assholes.

Don't apologize for believing the world is in better shape than it is," the commissioner told him. "Just fight to make it true.

A man walks the straight and narrow all his life; he follows the rules, stays within the lines; then one day he makes a misstep. He crosses a line and sets in motion a chain of events that will take from him everything he has and damn him forever in the eyes of those he loves.

Men of integrity and courage are rare these days.

Marrying someone you don't love is a sin. Because it sends both of you to hell. It destroys the other person first, but in the end it gets you, too. The magnitude of what you've done, the damage you've caused by forcing you both to live a lie.

Nothing frightens me more than the faith in my daughter's eyes. How many men deserve that kind of trust? One by one, the mentors I've most admired eventually revealed chinks in their armor, cracks in their façades, and tired feet of clay—or worse.

A man lives morally all his life, then in one weak moment commits an act that damns him in his own eyes and threatens his liberty, even his life.

Storms will always come, and men will always do evil in the shadow of some other word. It's how we respond that defines us.