Quotes About Integrity

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet

Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore- house carries pearl-handled revolvers. These are ivory.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

can only say that we shall continue in the path of rugged individualism, free from the influence of sinister interests, upholding the finest ideals of honesty, independence and integrity, so that, to quote Abraham Lincoln, 'This nation of the people, for the people and by the people shall not perish from the earth.

One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.

Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

Wisdom lies in voluntary finitude and a timely change of heart: until maturity, multiplying the inclusions, up to the limit of natural faculty and moral harmony; afterwards, gladly relinquishing zone after zone of vegetation, and letting the snow-peak of integrity rise to what height it may.

I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life; I should not be honest otherwise.

Un om este liber din punct de vedere moral când [...] judec? lumea ÅŸi îi judec? pe ceilalÅ£i oameni cu o sinceritate care nu face compromisuri.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends : have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

When you race you are under oath. You are testifying as to who you are.

If you would write the truth, you must first become the truth.

Power and honour don't share the same bed,

The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.