Quotes About Integrity

Telling a lie is a fault for a little boy, an art for a lover, an accomplishment for a bachelor and a matter of survival for a married man.

I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow.

She wasn't a Christian just on Sunday mornings; being a Christian was the core of who she was. And I adored that about her.

It seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell, once she got started.

I wonder whether you can truly love, or be loved back, by someone who hides who they are.

Work hard. Be nice. Hurt no one.

Women's lib does not mean imitating men's worst qualities just so we can lower ourselves and be equal to them.

When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

I don't talk about money.

Money can make a difference. Money shouldn't make you any different.

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me" (Jeremiah 29:13, emphasis added). God is not interested in part of your heart. He desires for you to pursue Him with all your heart. Giving Him only part of your heart is the same as giving Him part of your cancer. The rest of it is still going to kill you.

I write the truth because I love it and because there is no living creature whose anger I fear or whose praise I court." ~ Nellie Bly, The Evening World, 1895

Looks aren't everything. Looks fade, but character remains.

Arthur smacked the book closed and announced to the empty room, 'Better a moneygrubber than a philandering scoundrel.' But somehow the statement didn't' make him feel better. A philanderer was motivated by lust. And a moneygrubber was, too.

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.

What happens next is not to be known, but if we die, we die having chosen our deeds, and that is right and good.

A life dedicated to service is impervious to cynics and immune to regret.

The true test of bravery is demonstrating moral courage. In applying this test you will likely find more cowards than not.

You never need a green light to stand up for what's right.

There are so many times when many of us have found ourselves living a tremendous lie when we could be living a tremendous life.

I don't want to tell you a lie, and I don't know the truth.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.