Quotes About Integrity

He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.

The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.

You can't measure what's inside a man's heart.

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.

You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

Praying men stop sinning and sinning men stop praying.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome, you share his guilt.

I want to be a man's man - not a kid actor or a glitzy pop star but a no-bullshit leading man.

Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home.

There is no such way to attain to greater measures of grace, as for a man to live up to that little grace he has.

Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

What makes a good man?

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

I am not interested in an economic liberation of man without the liberation of the whole man.