Quotes About Integrity

Evil isn't a state of being, Barrons once said to me. It's a choice.

When you have a secret that folks would kill you for, you sit mum on it. From everyone.

Don't hide your mistakes, 'Cause they'll find you, burn you —"Get Out Alive" by Three Days Grace

There are some lines you just can't let another person cross. They don't always make sense, they might not always seem like the most important things, but only you can know what they are, and when you butt up against one, you have to defend it.

I've got soul but I'm not a soldier

How dare anything tamper with our innate structure? Who the hell was it to decide what was right and wrong with us?

Dude, you got to draw your lines in the sand somewhere and hold them. It's especially important when the sand keeps shifting beneath your feet.

It will slay me alive to enforce this decision, but I will, and my father would expect—no, demand—no less from me. Jack Lane would be ashamed of me if I did otherwise. Possibly even despise me.

He'd sternly reminded himself of rule number four—no physical intimacy. But it had done him no good. Rule number four seemed to have become quite friendly with rule number one—never break an oath—and was cozying up nicely to rule number two—do not lie. What a crowd they were becoming, his broken rules.

Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber?

Some people wouldn't see a traitor when they looked at me. Some people would see a survivor. Call me anything you like—I sleep fine at night. But you will look at me when you say it.

Some people wouldn't see a traitor when they looked at me. Some people would see a survivor. Call me anything you like—I sleep fine at night.

Loyalty stems from what you feel. Or don't.

Its our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.

Some things are sacred. Until you act like they're not. Then you lose them

Be nice to People on your way up,Because your gonna meet them on your way down

That's one difference between a bully and a hero, I guess: good aim.

life is too short for fake butter or fake people.

I'd rather have an enemy who admits that they hate me, than a friend who secretly puts me down.

Who you truly are as a person is best revealed by who you are during times of conflict and crisis.

When we embrace all our feelings, all our emotions including suffering, hope will endure and sustain us. We can then truly live and face our last moments with integrity and wholeness.

If you're not prepared to do something in public, don't do it at all.

Nowhere does it say free speech is carte blanche to be a jerk. And don't cheapen real free speech by hijacking an honourable concept bought dearly with people's lives just to get a little spotlight. Spotlights run hot, and they can burn.

There's rights, and there's right.