Quotes About Integrity

Plato takes the phenomenon of psychological conflict, being torn between two options, to show that the person so torn is not really a unity; he is genuinely torn between the motivational pull of two or more distinct parts of the soul.

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Here was someone you simply knew you could trust, who might nag or infuriate or sulk, but whose greatest charm lay on the most durable of virtues: loyalty.

A man who breaks a promise has a weak place in his net. Sometimes he'll get by with it, but sometime he'll lose the catch of a lifetime.

No hay nada más peligroso que alguien que decide ser decente en el último minuto. Hará cualquier cosa por intentar enmendar su pasado.

Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda… —insistió Mercedes. —¿Qué dices? —le preguntó Bruno que no entendía lo que su amiga le decía. —Nada, es un refrán español, que quiere decir que no importa que uno se ponga un buen traje y se haga pasar por un señor, porque siempre se le notará de dónde viene. —¡Mercedes! —El tono de Hans era de reproche.

y ese "hombre bueno" del que hablan no lo he visto por ninguna parte. Pero quizá es que la naturaleza del ser humano es la que es y por tanto he visto a algunos de esos "hombres buenos" haciendo cosas tan horribles como las de los hombres a los que combaten.

Sabes, padre?, creo que lo que de verdad cuenta no es lo que uno diga que es sino cómo se comporta. Así que no importa qué etiqueta quieras ponerme, sino cómo soy con mis semejantes

Respeto a los hombres no por las batallas que hayan podido ganar sino por las causas que defienden

En mi profesión ser decente suele conducir a que te quedes sin empleo. No sabes cómo está el periodismo en este país. O estás alineado con la derecha o lo estás con la izquierda. No eres más que una correa de transmisión de las consignas de uno o de otro. Pero intentar contar simplemente lo que pasa y opinar honradamente, te lleva a la marginación y al paro.

Acaso es un amigo aquel al que le abres la puerta de tu casa y, una vez dentro, te quiere expulsar?

el físico templario cuya única receta para curar sus males había sido que siempre actuara de acuerdo con su conciencia.

I don't mind whether a person is rich or poor. Once my friend, always my friend. --Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (1872-1918)

And what renders him so unmarriageable?" Eloise asked. Francesca leveled a serious stare at her older sister. Eloise was mad if she thought she should set her cap for Michael. "Well?" Eloise prodded. "He could never remain faithful to one woman," Francesca said, "and I doubt you'd be willing to put up with infidelities." "No," Eloise murmured, "not unless he'd be willing to put up with severe bodily injury.

You are a Bridgerton. I don't care who you marry or what your name becomes when you stand up before a priest and say your vows. You will always be a Bridgerton, and we behave with honor and honesty, not because it is expected of us, but because that is what we are." Eloise

Be strong. Be diligent. Be conscientious. There is never anything to be gained by taking the easy road.

There was something about Miss Lyndon that made him glad she was on his side. Not that he thought she would make a vicious enemy, just that she seemed loyal, level-headed, and fair. And she had a wicked sense of humor. Just the sort of person a man would want standing beside him when he needed support.

Anne strove for honesty whenever possible, probably because it so often wasn't possible.

She hadn't expected the world to be handed to her upon a golden platter, but she'd always assumed that if she worked hard enough for something, treated everyone the way she would like to be treated, then she would be rewarded.

He was discovering that may be there was more him than his name. And may be, when all was said and done, he'd still be whole.

I'm sure you're already aware that you should never trust a gentleman who says you can trust him.

You will always be a Bridgerton, and we behave with honor and honesty, not because it is expected of us, but because that is what we are.

The only thing worse than a man who makes a woman cry is a man who makes a woman cry and then doesn't feel guilty about it.

You're as kind and good a person as they come," he continued, "but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or cloy, or try to make everyone else kind and good.