Quotes About Integrity

The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit." (Analects 4.16)

Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world.

You can measure a man's worth by the breed of person he throws out of his office.

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

No man's credit is ever as good as his money.

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

The man whose eye is single for the glory of Another can be trusted.

The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.

Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately.

That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.

The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it.

To say on the authority of the Bible that God does a thing no honourable man would do, is to lie against God; to say that it is therefore right, is to lie against the very spirit of God.

The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye.

A man may sink by such slow degrees that, long after he is a devil, he may go on being a good churchman or a good dissenter and thinking himself a good Christian.

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

When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.

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

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

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.

Lying, cheating, hiding is the exact opposite of the behavior of a man who's really into you.