Quotes About Integrity

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Politically I am absolutely honest, which is to say, as honest as possible; which is to say, honest more or less; which is to say, far more honest than the general.

Too much truth is uncouth.

When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.

Mincing your words makes it easier if you have to eat them later.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values — and witnesses.

It's one thing to keep secrets. It's quite another to lie.

I'm not really the sacrificing type.

A girl can have the face of an angel but have a horrid sort of heart.

I may be wicked, but I'm not bad.

Some secrets are wrong and ought to be told.

Forge ahead, O mighty enforcer of the law. May you be stout of heart and eardrum.

Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake...can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.

Ethnography must become self-critical, imaginative, and constructive; the field worker must be a willing agent of reform, but without sacrificing his scientific integrity.

Ich halte es mit der Gelehrsamkeit wie die Fürsten mit der Verräterei: Ich ehre die Gelehrsamkeit und verachte die Gelehrten, die eben nichts als Gelehrte sind.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Truth is a great flirt.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

It is easier to tell the truth: you don't have to remember anything.