Quotes About Integrity

Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor.

We must pray who we actually are, not who we think we should be.

Those who parade the rhetoric of liberation but scorn the wisdom of service do not lead people into the glorious liberty of the children of God but into a cramped and covetous squalor.

30.7-9] And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me—Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.

Good poetry survives not when it is pretty or beautiful or nice but when it is true: accurate and honest.

We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.

You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.

This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.

Christian discipleship is a decision to walk in his ways, steadily and firmly, and then finding that the way integrates all our interests, passions, and gifts, our human needs and eternal aspirations. It is the way of life we were created for.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.

My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.

We know the good, we apprehend it clearly,but we can't bring it to achievement.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

The day for honest men, the night for thieves.

Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

May I gain no victory that harms me or my opponent. May I reconcile friends who are mad at each other. May I, insofar as I can, give all necessary help to my friends and to all who are in need. May I never fail a friend in trouble. -- Prayer on the Golden Rule (abridged)

One can always bear what is right.

The braver a man is - and Krok had been very brave - the less he will bully little creatures who cannot defend themselves.

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

Ezar25e is a great person.