Quotes About Integrity

There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.

A man who doesn't know the truth is just an idiot, but a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie is a crook.

Food comes first and then morality Bertolt brecht

Wer die Wahrheit nicht weiß, der ist bloß ein Dummkopf. Aber wer sie weiß und sie eine Lüge nennt, der ist ein Verbrecher.

I can't abide injustice.

Chi non conosce la verità è soltanto uno sciocco; ma chi, conoscendola, la chiama bugia, è un malfattore!

The noblest plans are brought down through the low-mindedness of those who are supposed to carry them out.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "El regalo más grande que les puedes dar a los demás es el ejemplo de tu propia vida" (Bertolt Brecht)

You heard of honest Socrates, The man who never lied: They weren't so grateful as you think. Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried And handed him the poisoned drink. How honest was the people's noble son! The world however didn't wait But soon observed what followed on. It's honesty that brought him to that state. How fortunate the man with none!

Selflessness is a rare virtue, because it doesn't pay for itself.

Potkupljivost je u ljudi isto što u Boga milosr?e.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.

Sometimes I think I was the official killer of bad bills. One I recollect at this minute was about exemptin' debtors from their just debts. The more I listened to 'em argue about lettin' people get out from under their legitimate obligations, the madder I got. If the day ever comes when you can legislate people out of their honest debts . . . well, I never want to live to see it. The country will be in a bad way, that's all I got to say for it.

we have become a throwaway society. Instead of honoring and preserving our past, we tear it down, shove it aside, and just go on our merry way. Well, I won't have it. We have to stand firm for what we believe in. Only in the most dire circumstances should a structure of historical significance be demolished.

We all need to be careful in this world, but I promise you, for every bad person on this earth there's a hundred good ones.

You can't run around town tryin' to get even with every person who does you wrong. Ain't enough hours in the day to do that. Besides, two wrongs don't make a right.

How do you know when an apology is true—when it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?

When the stakes are high, bow down low.

Remember: A deal breaker is only a deal breaker if it is symptomatic of other destructive relationship dynamics.

I am whole," said Raím. "Broken and whole are the same.

Beware of all writers who substitute initials for their give names -

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

It's better to be HATED for who you ARE then Loved for who you ARE NOT!