Quotes About Integrity

I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

I'm trying to be as real as I can and I'm being myself. I'm not gonna create an act.

I'd rather deal with a Mob guy shaking hands on a deal than a Hollywood lawyer, who, the minute you get the contract signed, is trying to figure out how to screw you.

If we get out there trying to be inspirational, then we probably won't be.

I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's authentic, and you can feel when it's not: you know when someone's trying to make the club record, or trying to make the girl record, or trying to make the thug record. It's none of that. It's just my emotions.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.

Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.

If you're real, you've never got anything to hide away from. You're not trying to fake anything, you're not trying to have this other persona - you're just yourself. And if I could be myself for as long as possible, I will.

I'm an honest dude, not trying to be anything other than who I am.

I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.

Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even when we benefit from them.

I'm not trying to be anything other than the way I was born and raised.

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

You can't live your life trying to please people. You be courteous and you be respectful, but you've got to do things in the way that you want to do them.

If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.

I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.

I think that people in general appreciate honesty and not trying to cook something up just to fit a mold that would be beneficial for you. I never made music like that.

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.

I'm not extravagant. I share my house in London with five roommates. I take the Tube. I intend to stay the exact same person I always was.