Quotes About Integrity

In a calm and even situation, Thenardier possessed all that is required to make—we will not say to be—what people have agreed to call an honest trader, a good bourgeois. At the same time certain circumstances being given, certain shocks arriving to bring his under-nature to the surface, he had all the requisites for a blackguard. He was a shopkeeper in whom there was some taint of the monster.

Ma non basta essere cattivi, per prosperare.

Il y a des gens qui respectent les règles de l'honneur comme on observe les étoiles, de très loin.

Jamais entre os animais a criatura nascida para ser pomba converte-se em abutre. Isso só se vê entre os homens.

There are people who read very loud, and who have the appearance of giving themselves their word of honor as to what they are perusing.

The peculiar property of truth is never to commit excesses. What need has it of exaggeration?

Chi vuole restar virtuosa non deve aver compassione per le sue mani.

Sophie was too old for lies and too young for the truth.

Don't think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices

Jack believed in things and fought to make the world a better place. He was the kind of man a girl could count on.

Vianne didn't hesitate. She knew now that no one could be neutral—not anymore—and as afraid as she was of risking Sophie's life, she was suddenly more afraid of letting her daughter grow up in a world where good people did nothing to stop evil, where a good woman could turn her back on a friend in need.

wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. —ATTICUS FINCH, FROM HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD  

It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. My drill instructor used to say that all the time. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to. I

People don't lie accidentally. It's not like tripping over a crack in the sidewalk.

The only way to fight a bully is to stand your ground. Be brave, Grandpa Walt would say. Pretend if you have to.

She knew now that no one could be neutral - not anymore - and as afraid as she was of risking Sophie's life, she was suddenly more afraid of letting her daughter grow up in a world where good people did nothing to stop evil, where a good woman could turn her back on a friend in need.

but a good woman would accept responsibility—and blame—and apologize. Whatever else she was or wasn't, whatever her failings, she intended to be a good woman.

We have to try to save him or we are as bad as they are," she

It didn't feel right. Wasn't lying always wrong? And an omission like this was obviously a lie.

The only real answer lay in the courage to see a thing clearly and try to do better. Be better.

Don't screw with Baldie.

To forgive even when the apology tendered was as thin as fishing line and as breakable as a promise to do better.

It's so easy to do the wrong thing in life, don't you think? When we see a clear road to being a better person, we ought to take it.

She had made a terrible, grievous mistake. She couldn't take it back, however much she might hope for such a chance; she couldn't undo it, but a good woman would accept responsibility—and blame—and apologize. Whatever else she was or wasn't, whatever her failings, she intended to be a good woman.