Quotes About Integrity

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.

When you see a Minister thinking more of himself than of you, and in all his actions seeking his own ends, that man can never be a good Minister or one that you can trust. For he who has the charge of the State committed to him, ought not to think of himself, but only of his Prince, and should never bring to the notice of the latter what does not directly concern him.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Those princes or republics that wish to maintain their integrity must, above all else, maintain the integrity of their religious ceremonies, and must always hold them in veneration, because there can be no greater indication of the ruin of a state than to see a disregard for its divine worship.

Above all things he must keep his hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Los hombres rara vez tienen el valor suficiente para ser o extremadamente buenos o extremadamente malos.

for a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil

Hükümdar ne olursa olsun asla insanlar?n mal?na göz dikmemelidir. Çünkü insanlar babalar?n?n ölümünü kolayl?kla içlerine sindirebilirler, ama mal varl?klar?ndan yoksun kalmalar?n? asla.

merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright

and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

Thus, it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, religious, and upright, and also to be so; but the mind should remain so balanced that were it needful not to be so, you should be able and know how to change to the contrary.

As to how a Prince is to know his Minister, this unerring rule may be laid down. When you see a Minister thinking more of himself than of you, and in all his actions seeking his own ends, that man can never be a good Minister or one that you can trust.

CzÅ'owiek, który pragnie zawsze i wszÄ™dzie wytrwa? w dobrem, pa?? koniecznie musi miÄ™dzy tymi lud?mi, którzy nie sÄ… dobrymi

A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy.

From Plato: "The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Now, what made something work well was in and of itself the core of its aesthetic quality.

Nowadays, it's an offence even to be innocent in the eyes of the guilty; a person outrages the wicked simply by not joining in!

Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy.

I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

Trust people, until they give you a reason not to. And then never turn your back