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Quotes About Integrity

To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.
~ Socrates
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.
~ Dejan Stojanovic
The cure of many diseases is unknown to physicians because they are ignorant of the whole... For the part can never be well unless the whole is well.
~ Plato
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.
~ Mary Astell
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
~ Seneca the Younger
The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.
~ Winston Churchill
Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.
~ Laozi
Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.
~ Stephen L. Richards
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
~ Victor Hugo
He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.
~ Chanakya
Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
~ Vincent de Paul
In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing.
~ Kerry Stokes
Justice is charity in accordance with wisdom.
~ Gottfried Leibniz
The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.
~ Khalil Gibran
True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.
~ Alphonse de Lamartine
Your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion -- these are the things that count in life.
~ Scott O'Grady
Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
~ Francois Rabelais
Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.
~ Plutarch
Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.
~ Francis Beaumont
Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
~ Aristotle