Quotes About Integrity

Actions based upon the desire to take responsibility; to make things better; to avoid temptation and face what we would rather avoid; to act voluntarily, courageously, and truthfully—these make what comes into Being much better, in all ways, for ourselves and for others, than what arises as a consequence of avoidance, resentment, the search for revenge, or the desire for mayhem.

The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power.

Do not hide unwanted things in the fog.

A rabbit isn't virtuous, it just can't do anything except getting eaten. It's not virtuous. If you're a monster and you don't act monstrously, then that's virtuous.

There's almost nothing better than character development. And aiming at having a good character is the highest aim, and it's the aim that will provide the most meaning in your life.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

hands above waist level, where she can see them.

Just one final point with this—and that's to never forget the ethical side of the equation, which is that you do not want to use pain to disempower people; you want to use it to empower people by helping them make good buying decisions, so they can have the things that they truly need.

We become like those pious people who, over time, accumulate a sense of their own virtuousness so powerful as to make them believe the bad things they do are virtuous too.

I was elected to lead—not to watch the polls.

Starker [Leopold] had an adage for people in public service: 'If you're ashamed of it, don't do it. If you're not, publicize it.' " -David Graber, wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park

When you have something to say, silence is a lie

If you dance with the devil, the devil don't change, he changes you.

You'll learn one day that real apologies don't come with a BUT in the middle.

Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather.

Sometimes I feel like there are people just waiting for me to fall. The funny thing is, I can't give them anything. I have just never been a partier, even in school.

It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!

Desconfiem e se afastem dos indivíduos que adulam os poderosos e pisoteiam os desprotegidos, são de ruim caráter, falsos e mesquinhos, faltos de grandeza.

a person's value does not rest on outward appearances, but on his true merits, what he really is.

Quando um homem morre, ele se reintegra em sua respeitabilidade a mais autêntica, mesmo tendo cometido loucuras em sua vida. A morte apaga, com sua mão de ausência, as manchas do passado e a memória do morto fulge como diamante.

La ilegalidad es peligrosa y complicada. Requiere paciencia, sagacidad, viveza y un espíritu siempre alerta. No es fácil mantener íntegros los cuidados que exige. Difícil

La gente espera que la policía sea incorrupta, pero ¿por qué ha de serlo, si todos somos humanos?

Ni miento ni me arrepiento

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