Quotes About Integrity

To be perfectly just is an attribute in the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Whoe'er is brave and virtuous, is a Roman.

A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Cato Would Lucius have me live to swell the number Of Caesar's slaves, or by a base submission 30 Give up the cause of Rome, and own a tyrant?

...with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles, and practice

I have learned that true power comes from self-control. I have learned that true strength comes from a clear conscience. I have learned that true wealth comes from a good family and good friends.

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Hmm. I'm tempted. But what works against my temptation is the ancient junior high code of Omerta. Nobody squeals on nobody, no matter what.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And least of all can you condemn an artist pursuing, however humbly and imperfectly, a creative aim. In that interior world where his thought and his emotions go seeking for the experience of imagined adventures, there are no policemen, no law, no pressure of circumstance or dread of opinion to keep him within bounds. Who then is going to say Nay to his temptations if not his conscience?

You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appals me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

None of us are either all good or all bad – we're all somewhere in between – but there comes a moment in each life when we take an important step, either toward the light or toward the dark…

Everybody tells lie sometimes, she replied . Wouldn't be human if you didn't. But mostly I tell the truth. - Alice

Everyone has his price. It's just a case of making an offer that pleases him but doesn't hurt you too much. - Dad

A true knight has a strict code of chivalry by which he lives his life: He cannot refuse a challenge and he always keeps his word. I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.