Quotes About Integrity

If you want to be a happy man," he will counsel a friend years from now, "just don't ever cheat on your wife." Ronald Reagan and

Lincoln never fought in battle nor fired a single round at the enemy, but Blackhawk's War is the making of him.

made to the American people. He

The world is filled with concern but also with hypocrisy. Hypocrisy on the part of people who see no evil and speak no evil to avoid becoming involved. --- Marcello Pera

The corrupting aspect of attack journalism is that it is almost always based on anonymous sourcing.

Two days after slapping Kuhl, he writes a memo to each of his commanders, ordering them not to allow men suffering from combat fatigue to receive medical care. "Such men are cowards and bring disgrace to their comrades," he writes, "whom they heartlessly leave to endure the danger of battle while they themselves use the hospital as a means of escape. You will see that such cases are not sent to the hospital." On

I am usually insubordinate. I don't take orders that I know are stupid or illegal.

It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made vice presidents who were intended neither for the party nor by the Lord to be presidents," he writes in his journal before turning out the lights well past midnight.

Bill O'Reilly

of character for John Kennedy, a man

The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.

You either fight active evil or you accept it. Doing nothing is acceptance. There is no in-between.

Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.

But only a fool defines "right" ends achieved by "wrong" ways as success.

As a Wanderer, you must be true to yourself. You cannot continue to follow the crowd.

That's my business." "Not if it involves breaking the law. Not if you don't want me to cloud up and rain all over you.

That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.

And that's how it went for Moses Malone. He stayed out of trouble, showed up on time, cashed his paychecks and always gave a crap.

Character – the inner world of motives and values that shapes our actions – is the ultimate determiner of the nature of our leadership. It empowers our capacities while keeping them in check. It distinguishes those who steward power well from those who abuse power. Character weaves such values as integrity, honesty, and selfless service into the fabric of our lives, organizations, and cultures.

You can always trust a man who tucks his shirt inside his underpants.

Real professionals aren't compliant; real professionals are committed.

Those who can really do what they promise don't first pause to promise what they can do.