Quotes About Integrity

Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that's the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.

Everything is there but there are no parts. Since there are no parts there's no need to replace one thing with another. No need to remove anything or add anything. You don't have to think about difficult things just let yourself soak it all in. For Nakata nothing could be better.

But there are times in this world when it's not enough just not to do the wrong thing

I don't think I'd want Mickey Mouse pimping for me anyway.

No hay más remedio que ser lo más honesto posible con uno mismo. Ser honesto y, al menos, vivir con cierta libertad. No sé si te será de gran ayuda, pero es lo único que te puedo decir.

No matter how far you go, you can never be anything but yourself.

Un caballero es aquel que no habla demasiado de los impuestos que paga ni de la mujer con quien se acuesta

Men who wield great violence at home against their wives and children are invariably people of weak character. They prey upon those who are weaker than themselves precisely because of their own weakness.

There are people who drive luxury cars, but have only second- or third-rate sofas in their homes. I put little trust in such people.

You need to use the thread of logic, as best you can, to skillfully sew onto yourself everything that's worth living for.

Speaking frankly and speaking the truth are two different things entirely. Honesty is to truth as prow is to stern. Honesty appears first and truth appears last. The interval between varies in direct proportion to the size of ship. With anything of size, truth takes a long time in coming. Sometimes it only manifests itself posthumously. Therefore, should I impart you with no truth at this juncture, that is through no fault of mine. Nor yours.

The lesson I learned from this is that it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.

Leadership has many voices. You need to be who you are, not try to emulate somebody else.

Friends are made my many acts and lost by only one.

Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.

I'd rather be a pig than a fascist

Seek authorities who are willing to both show you how they arrived at their conclusions and admit when they have made mistakes.

True love is above all reliable. So we do the best we can to follow through

Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

I am not interested in emotional fuckwittage.

It's all chop-change chop-change with you. Either go out with me and treat me nicely, or leave me alone. As I say, I am not interested in fuckwittage.

The point is you are supposed to vote for the principle of the thing, not the itsy-bitsy detail about this percent and that percent.

pero al fin y al cabo todas las buenas obras son una mezcla de altruismo e interés propio,...

liking the most famous, or the richest, or the prettiest, more than the most human, or the kindest friend.