Quotes About Integrity

This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

God will put up with a great many things in the human heart, but there is one thing that He will not put up with in it--a second place. He who offers God a second place, offers Him no place.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

My future's about trying to be a better man

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

It is your virtue, being men, to try; And it is ours, by virtue to deny.

A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

Good appearance doesn't make a real man. The important thing is to do your best and keep your promises. A real man should show his faith in actions (rather) than words.

A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.

Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be nice if all people could be honest and as genuine as he is. This is a real man.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.