Quotes About Integrity

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

I am not a hero. Life has not required it of me.

Only horses were honest, in the end.

To believe, to act, and to have events confound you—I grant you, that is hard to bear. But to believe, and not to act, or to act in a way that every fiber of your soul held was wrong—how can you not see? That is what would have been reprehensible.

Nothing illegal. Just the business itself—racing horses before they should even be ridden, wrecking their bones before they've finished growing.

One does not have to be a priest to be a man!

The true test of character is ... how we behave when we don't know what to do.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

There is but one blasphemy, and that is injustice.

To have character is to be big enough to take life on.

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart-it's all a man has.

Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our worthiest desires.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you.

He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself most.

God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.

Are you good men and true?

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty, and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.