Quotes About Integrity

You think my life is such a precious thing to me, that I would trade my honor for a few more years, of what?

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose.

Si no tiene nada que temer, un cobarde no se distingue en nada de un valiente. Y todos cumplimos con nuestro deber cuando no nos cuesta nada.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die... a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.

I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)

You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.

George R.R. Martin

A true man does what he will, not what he must.

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.

Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.

Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.

If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." --Prince Oberyn of Dorne.

I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean.

A ruler needs a good head and a true heart," she famously told the king. "A cock is not essential.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it? - Ser Barristan Selmy to Daenerys

You are an honest and honorable man...Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life.