Quotes About Integrity

Mother whispered, "See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

Make sure that everything you say is two-time talk. That means say it in the closet and be prepared to say it on the city hall steps.

I should have known better than to lie to the government. People always said Uncle Sam would spend a thousand dollars to get you if you stole a three-cent stamp from him. He was more revengeful than God.

In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.

I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies.

Avarice cripples virtue and lies in ambush for honesty.

When someone shows you who they are, you should believe them.

If someone shows you the first time who they are, believe them.

Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity, 'Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there.

tell the truth to yourself first, and to the children.

it. The only way you can be taken advantage of is if you think you can get something for nothing.

If I'm living a little better now, it's because I treats everybody right.

I decided I wouldn't pee on her if her heart was on fire.

Remember if you decide for the Army, I'll support you. If you decide to be a whore, all I can say is, be the best. Don't be a funky chippy. Go with class.' She

Era una de las pocas señoras de verdad que he conocido jamás y durante toda mi vida ha seguido siendo el modelo de lo que puede ser un ser humano.

Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to chose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.

It is my neck and my life. I will live it whole or not at all." He

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education and, even more amazing, no superiority complex since he had succeeded despite that lack. He would say often, I been to school three years in my life. In Slaten, Texas, times was hard, and I had to help my daddy on the farm. No recriminations lay hidden under the plain statement, nor was there boasting when he said, If I'm living a little better now, it's because I treats everybody right.

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education and, even more amazing, no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack. He would say often, I been to school three years in my life. In Slaten, Texas, times was hard, and I had to help my daddy on the farm. No recriminations lay hidden under the plain statement, nor was there boasting when he said, If I'm living a little better now, it's because I treats everybody right.

Be careful when a naked person gives you a shirt.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

But, don't let anybody make you do something you don't think is right. Your mother already raised you. Stay steady. And if that makes somebody mad, they can scratch their mad place and get glad.

When someone shows you who they are, the first time, believe them Maya Angelou

When people show you who they are believe them the first time