Quotes About Integrity

that my mother had strength of character enough not to be led into the temptation of seeming to be that which she was not—of

My experience with them, as well as with other events in my life, convince me that the thing to do, when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing, and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

My experience with them, as well as other events in my life, convince me that the thing to do, when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing, and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

My experience teaches me that if a man has little or no influence with those by whose side he lives, as a rule there is something wrong with him.

He was too big to be little, too good to be mean.

It is now long ago that I learned this lesson from General Armstrong, and resolved that I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

The white man who begins by cheating a Negro usually ends by cheating a white man. The white man who begins to break the law by lynching a Negro soon yields to the temptation to lynch a white man. All this, it seems to me, makes it important that the whole Nation lend a hand in trying to lift the burden of ignorance from the South.

It's when you want to get something for nothing that the 'confidence men' steal the money you sweat for and make the farmer a laughing stock.

After all, what is sin? It is an action through which a person betrays his dignity.

There was one thing the public could say for certain about Churchill: that there was nothing that he was going to ask the British armed forces to do that he would not have done himself.

Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently

Who lies for you will lie against you.

Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.

Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature.

What we call conscience, in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the constable.

If one could only tear down his character, as old buildings are torn down, and build it up anew, as these are rebuilt! And so, in effect, it can be. A noble property of character is, that it is susceptible of improvement.

For cowards the rode of desertion should be left open. They will carry over to the enemy nothing but their fears.

Courage ennobles manhood; cowardice degrades it.

Next to living with honor is to die with honor.

It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man.

The business of the historian is with the truth of things, but he is too much under temptation to make his history interesting, to be always able to reject a fine story.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

On my honor, I will do my best To do my duty To God and my country

Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.