Quotes About Integrity

someone who cannot be squeezed into doing something he would otherwise never do.

Verbal threats reveal nothing beyond weakness and unreliability. Remember, once again, no verbal threats.

In the famous tale by Ahiqar, later picked up by Aesop (then again by La Fontaine), the dog boasts to the wolf all the contraptions of comfort and luxury he has, almost prompting the wolf to enlist. Until the wolf asks the dog about his collar and is terrified when he understands its use. "Of all your meals, I want nothing." He ran away and is still running.*3 The question is: what would you like to be, a dog or a wolf?

I am never bothered by normal people; it is the bull***tter in the "intellectual" profession who bothers me.

Recall that Fat Tony was in favor of just "making a buck" as opposed to being "proven right.

I don't particularly care about the usual. If you want to get an idea of a friend's temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life.

just to show that you can walk the walk.

Remember that Socrates was put to death because he would not compromise his standards.

Unreliable people carried less weight than reliable ones. You can't fool people more than twice.*1

Stay human, take as much as you can, under the condition that you give more than you take.

the person who made a false accusation was punished as if he committed the exact crime.

it is hard to disentangle ethics on one hand, from knowledge and competence on the other ...

People who are not morally independent tend to fit ethics to their profession, rather than find a profession that fits their ethics.

Selfish courage is not courage. A foolish gambler is not committing an act of courage, especially if he is risking other people's funds or has a family to feed.*4

Success is leading an honorable life. Honor implies that there are some actions you would categorically never do, regardless of the material rewards. It also means that there are things you would do unconditionally, regardless of the consequences.

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

to be honorable implies not fearing the appearance and consequences of being outlandish.

a system that doesn't have a mechanism of skin in the game, with a buildup of imbalances, will eventually blow up and self-repair that way. If it survives.

I have always hated employment and the associated dependence on someone else's arbitrary opinion, particularly when much of what's done inside large corporations violates my sense of ethics.

Compendiaria res improbitas, virtusque tarda—the villainous takes the short road, virtue the longer one. In other words, cutting corners is dishonest.

Un hombre es honorable en proporción a los riesgos personales que asume por sus opiniones

dignity is worth nothing unless you earn it, unless you are willing to pay a price for it.

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when … he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.

A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.