Quotes About Integrity

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act accordingly to their beliefs.

I am a stranger to half measures.

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Morality, like physical cleanliness, is not acquired once and for all: it can only be kept and renewed by a habit of constant watchfulness and discipline.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate ... at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in a maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, let up, or slow up.

If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

Conscience is a cur that will let you get past it but that you cannot keep from barking.

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe.

A man's vanity tells him what is honour; a man's conscience what is justice.

The only incorruptible thing about us.

Nothing that is not a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.

No blame should attach to telling the truth.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

If the word frankly or sincerely is not uttered in the first ten minutes-or let us speak openly-then you are not in the presence of a genuine businessman, and he will certainly go bankrupt.

If I ever said in grief or pride, I tired of honest things, I lied.