Quotes About Integrity

Weaklings are those who know the truth, but maintain it only as far as it is in their interest to do so, and apart from that forsake it.

Noble deeds are most estimable when hidden.

The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

Je ne crois que les histoires dont les témoins se feraient égorger.

Il faut qu'on n'en puisse (dire), ni il est mathématicien, ni prédicateur, ni éloquent mais il est honnête homme. Cette qualité universelle me plaît seule.

Comme on se gâte l'esprit, on se gâte aussi le sentiment.

Do you wish people to believe good of you? Don't speak.

Second, the leaders had overcome the enormous pressures on successful companies to take paths they had not chosen and did not necessarily want to follow. The people in charge had remained in control, or had regained control, by doing a lot of soul searching, rejecting a lot of well-intentioned advice, charting their own course, and building the kind of business they wanted to live in, rather than accommodating themselves to a business shaped by outside forces.

Things aren't secret here," Michelle said. "Everything is shared, which makes me feel safe. I know we're not going to get bought out, and I'm not going to lose my job. I hope we never get bought out. I don't want to work for a big corporation. I like ECCO the way it is. I know that if anything terrible happened, ECCO would do whatever it had to do to take care of me and whoever else needed it.

If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you'd like to act.

To live outside the law you must be honest.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.

But if the arrow is straight And the point is slick, It can pierce through dust no matter how thick. So I'll make my stand And remain as I am And bid farewell and not give a damn.

Well...you know, you can influence all kinds of people, but sometimes it gets in the way -- especially if somebody is accusing you of influencing somebody that you had no interest in influencing in the first place.

Oh you five and ten cent women With nothin' in your heads I got a real gal I'm lovin' And Lord I'll love her till I'm dead Go away from my door and my window too Right now

You've gotta lotta nerve to say you are my friend When I was down you just stood there grinnin' You've gotta lotta nerve to say you have a helping hand to lend You just want to be on the side that's winnin' You see me on the street, you always act surprised Ya say how are you?, good luck, but ya don't mean it When you know as well as me you'd rather see me paralyzed Why don't you just come out once and scream it

What good am I if I know and don't do. If I see and don't say.

Personal honor is imposed from within. The honor code is imposed from without.

He gave a life for a life," Kono said. "There is nothing more honorable." * * *

He had come to understand that we choose the lies in which we participate and, in choosing, define ourselves and our actions for a very long time, perhaps forever