Quotes About Integrity

Is it, thought Captain Delano, that this hapless man is one of those paper captains I've known, who by policy wink at what by power they cannot put down? I know no sadder sight than a commander who has little of command but the name.

To preach the Truth to the face of Falsehood!

no man who rises to command of a United States naval ship can possibly be a coward. And

Please tell Field Marshal Goring for me, to stick his Swiss bank account up his fat ass.

Pug thought, that in a trivial way was like the President's. Some people had it, some didn't. He himself had none of it. In the Navy the quality was not overly admired. The name for it was "grease." Men who possessed it had a way of climbing fast; they also had a way of relying upon it, till they got too greasy and slipped.

What is his basic premise? That everyone on the Caine is a liar, a traitor, and a funk-off, so that the ship can only function if he constantly nags and spies and threatens and screeches and hands out draconic punishments. Now, how do you go about proving that his premise is wrong?" "You

Political indifference is closely linked to ethical depravity.

Aristotle observed that people become virtuous by acting virtuous: if you do good, you'll be good.

Aristotle observed that people become virtuous by acting virtuous: if you do good, you'll be good.3

es propio de gente cuerda y política, porque bien claro está que si ellas no lo quisiesen de veras nunca hubieran sido robadas.

He does mischief to himself who does mischief to another, and evil planned harms the plotter most.

The best treasure a man can have is a sparing tongue, and the greatest pleasure, one that moves orderly; for if you speak evil, you yourself will soon be worse spoken of.

There are many marks of a true lady but I believe that one of them is to walk with her head held high while her world falls apart around her.

the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth were three entirely separate levels of information

Timeo hominem unius mulieris. (''A man who keeps to one woman is formidable.'')

Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.

Honesty, trust, and friendship in a relationship are crucial, and no relationship can survive without them.

Shamed and enraged, I sit by the side of the road and cry. Eclipsed by a sense of disgrace, my emotions feel momentarily stifled and disconnected. Instead of anger, I feel dishonored and exposed. I cannot even formulate my thoughts, much less speak them. My integrity and humility have been violated. I have only my own indignation to spur me on.

My every impulse bends to what is right

I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another

It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.

Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions...

Heroes, be men; be what you were before; Or weigh the great occasion, and be more.