Quotes About Integrity

My life is ready for inspection,' Mickey said. 'Let's proceed.'" "Those words, 'My life is ready for inspection,' have stayed with me ever since," Russell said years later. "He meant it most sincerely, and I have often contemplated the power of being able to face the next world with that kind of spiritual confidence.

The truth is that what we feel eventually comes out in our words and then our actions. If we are not careful, the actions we take when we are hurting will eventually become our legacy.

Secrets were pernicious and I wanted nothing to do with them.

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

I don't want a relationship that just looks good on the outside. It's more important that it feels great on the inside.

I learned a long time ago not to judge people by what they look like, sound like, or by the clothes they wear. Just because a house is nice and shiny out front doesn't mean it's not rotting on the inside. (Kyrian)

To New York voters, Lehman's courage and honesty shone through. Herbert Lehman, the labor official George Meany wrote, "was the ideal public servant … He had none of the average politician's guile, the average diplomat's evasiveness, the average banker's greed, or the average statesman's aloofness." For Herbert Lehman, life was always about public service.

A dreamgirl, on the other hand, won't kill herself to impress anyone.

Let's replace "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" with "Do unto others, after they show you they are worthy.

Regardless of how pretty a woman is, looks alone will not sustain his respect. Appearance may pull him in, but it is your independence that will keep him turned on.

She knows what she wants but won't compromise herself to get it. But she's feminine, like "Steel Magnolia" -- flowery on the outside, steel on the inside. She uses this very femininity to her own advantage. It isn't that she takes undue advantage of men, because she plays fair. She has one thing the nice girl doesn't: a presence of mind because she isn't swept away by a romantic fantasy. This presence of mind enables her to wield her power when it is necessary.

Don't let the advertisements on TV be your guide. The woman who sustains a man's interest is not the one who feels confident because of a particular miniskirt, a belly ring, or a black dress with plunging neckline. A bitch doesn't rely on these things to feel good about herself. She relies on who she is as a woman.

Once a man begins to lose respect for a woman because she is willing to subtly devalue of herself, he will also lose the desire to get closer to her.

nice girl will often cancel plans with a girlfriend if she gets a last-minute date. The bitch will hold her own simply by keeping her previously set plans.

Joking with a guy doesn't make your motives any less obvious. Allison is a perfect example. She and Jamie had been out a few times, and one night they had a few too many drinks. She looked at him and jokingly said, "Am I just a piece of ass, or do you have feelings for me?" What this says to a guy is that she has low self-esteem. If she knows she's not a piece of meat, she would never ask that question.

Si te visita una hora a la semana, esa no es una relación seria. Si no van juntos al cine, no se reúnen con amigos, no comen juntos o te dice "no soy persona de hablar mucho por teléfono" cuando no te llama, está claro. Los hombres tienen un comportamiento consistente cuando están interesados en una mujer. Raramente un hombre faltará a una cita con la mujer de quien está enamorado».

Relationship Principle 11 It is better to be disliked for being who you are than to be loved for who you are not.

The most attractive quality of all is dignity.

Until he gives you a reason not to trust him, behave as though you trust him.

It is always best to be an original version of yourself than a cheap, knockoff imitation of somebody else. —Karen Ehman

You overestimate the courage of those in power. They are often more interested in holding on to that power than in doing anything worthwhile with it.

Even the boy who cried wolf was right about the wolf once.

Because being in love does not give you any excuse to be less than honorable, Lady Tremaine.

Trust ran both ways. How could he ask her to trust him when he hardly trusted her? He would trust her, in her love, in her strength, in her decency and fortitude. And when the time came, he would find the strength in himself.