Quotes About Integrity

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

The man who is wise enough to know the right thing to do, who is good enough to wish to do only the right thing, and who is able and strong enough to do the right thing is a truly great man.

A man can be a hero in any profession

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.

Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

It looks to me like any man that wants to be President in times like these lacks something.

Maidens hearts are always soft: Would that men's were truer!

The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.

A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.

A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.

Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.

For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men.

By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place In my heart's love hath no man than yourself. Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do.

Real men don't conform to the beliefs of others, even when society has concluded on what is good and true, but maintain the integrity of their own mind.

Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.

If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.

There is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity.

Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.

There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.