Quotes About Integrity

Having knowledge of an unethical act and allowing it to continue can spread a contagion that can affect multiple beings in society

The word conscience covers as a matter of fact several different feelings; the simplest of these is the fear of being found out. You, reader, have, I am sure, lived a completely blameless life, but if you will ask some one who has at some time acted in a manner for which he would be punished if it became known, you will find that when discovery seemed imminent, the person in question repented of his crime.

Next, he points out that good men are better to live among than bad men, and therefore he cannot be so foolish as to corrupt his fellow-citizens intentionally; but if unintentionally, then Meletus should instruct him, not prosecute him.

The tragedy of one successful politician after another is the gradual substitution of narcissism for an interest in the community and the measures for which he stands.

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Me temo que se está acabando la época de la gente bien; dos cosas la matan: la primera es la creencia de que no hay peligro en ser feliz con tal que no se haga daño a nadie; la segunda es la aversión a la farsa, aversión tanto estética como moral.

There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them, and feel justified in lying to them.

A domesticated lion is only an unnatural lion — and whatever is unnatural is untrustworthy.

For though love has been ridiculed and disgraced, exchanged and bartered, dragged through the courts, and sold for thirty pieces of silver, the bright, steady glow of its fire still shines on the hearth-stones of countless homes...

Make no excuses. Rationalize nothing. Blame no one. Humble yourself.

Authentic faith cannot help but act.

If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. James 3:2

Your injured heart will be protected by your doing what is right until you feel what is right.

Rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 1 Peter 2:1

Peter and John answered them, "Whether it's right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide." Acts 4:19

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but faithful people are His delight. Proverbs 12:22

If we say, "We have fellowship with Him," and walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 1 John 1:6

We are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything. Hebrews 13:18

God can credit our faith as righteousness without concern that we'll take advantage of the freedom. He knows faith that doesn't lead to obedience is all talk and no walk.

Relief arises from consistency—from being the same person at the shopping mall as we are at Sunday worship.

Just keep telling God how much you want to give Him your whole heart and mind. The wayward, defeated mind and the willfully depraved mind are not the same thing. Left unchecked, however, the former can lead to the latter.

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy man? Proverbs 20:6

Godliness is not perfection.

Help me understand that sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception. Truth will never fail to return enormous dividends.