Quotes About Integrity

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

Philosopher A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.

Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil — there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

It is supposed that power corrupts," the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "Yet the powerful are often corrupt before they are powerful. In fact, I find that they too often become powerful by being corrupt. Whether real or perceived, a lack of power can also corrupt.

Sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do for the sake of other people. In the end, you are the choices that you make.

There is no patron saint of estate agents because no estate agent has ever become a saint. There have been saints who were sailors, blacksmiths, soldiers, bakers, teachers, housewives, swineherds, kings even. But in the whole of history, not one estate agent ever became a saint or even a blessed. It makes you think.

A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends.

A man who calls bullshit fertilizer.

A set of rules laid out by professionals to show the way they would like to act if it was profitable.

The qualities which caused him to be acclaimed the leader, he possessed when he was teaching school, and splitting rails, and reading law in a judge's musty office. From the beginning he was a man among men who always upheld the right, advocated justice for the oppressed, and a square deal for all.

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore.

10. Appreciate that character is the result of conduct. As Aristotle taught us, we know people primarily by what they do. What others say about them, or what they say about themselves, may or may not be true.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

I wanted to do something decent at last, and I wanted to be rewarded for my decency. p 284

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Frank Lloyd Wright

What is needed most in architecture today is the very thing that is most needed in life- Integrity. Just as it is in a human being, so integrity is the deepest quality in a building...if we succeed, we will have done a great service to our moral nature- the psyche- of our democratic society...Stand up for integrity in your building and you stand for integrity not only in the life of those who did the building but socially a reciprocal relationship is inevitable.

Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some people.