Quotes About Integrity

I wish we could stop the little lies. I don't mean that one has to be brutally frank. I don't believe that we should be brutal about anything, however, it is wonderfully liberating to be honest.

When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned from your Grandmother Henderson in Arkansas and what you have learned from me, you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't let anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will always have to make adaptations, in love relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind. And then remember this: You can always come home.

Mother's beauty made her powerful and her power made her unflinchingly honest.

It was understood that I didn't lie because I was too proud to be caught and forced to admit that I was capable of less than Olympian action.

our people are in need of truth and I have tried and will continue to try to speak only truth to the people.

Their marriage was a happy one. Grandfather had a famous saying that caused great pride in his family: "Bah Jesus, I live for my wife, my children and my dog." He took extreme care to prove that statement true by taking the word of his family even in the face of contradictory evidence.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait

a big man, who was himself protected by the shield of a bad reputation

Momma, knowing Bailey, warned, Now Ju, be careful you don't slip up on a not true. (Nice people didn't say lie.)

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

I'll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled. My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs Flowers'. Death would be too kind and brief.

It's my brothers-Nathan croaked I don't give a fuck if they're your sisters- Swanson said I'll kiss them just the same

You hold your head up. You submitting to me doesn't mean you're anything less...the very last thing I want is for you to be some mindless puppet.

You're a wonderful man, Steele. And behind that tough-as-nails exterior lies a heart of gold." "Yeah, well, don't feel the need to tell everybody that," he said gruffly. "You're the only one who needs to know that kind of information." She grinned.

And yet she told you the truth," Graeme said softly. "Aye," Teague muttered. "I wouldn't have even blamed her if she'd withheld what she'd seen. I cannot say that I wouldn't have done so if I were in her position." "She is an amazing lass," Graeme murmured. "Aye, that she is," Bowen agreed. "And she's intensely loyal to you, Graeme.

I'm glad to hear that what belongs to me can't be swayed by the pretty words of others.

I don't want to disappoint you. I don't want to let you down. And I don't want to embarrass you in front of the people you love.

I don't want you to ever be touched by the gray areas I'm immersed in, baby. I want you clean. I want you to shine, just like you always do.

words of a man were meaningless. But actions spoke volumes, and it was always through deeds that the true measure of a man could be ascertained.

I'm not too proud to beg.

Don't ask questions you don't want the answer, Micah.

Guilt is bullshit. I don't want it. Don't need it.

Cathy sent him a glare over her shoulder and sniffed disdainfully. "Women have to stick together. You couldn't possibly understand the girlfriends' code. A good friend will bail you out when you land in jail, but a very good friend will be sitting beside you in that jail cell.

Kings don't sneak.