Quotes About Integrity

You knew instantly that this was a man who always told the truth as he saw it, whether it was popular or not, who had a set of rules to guide his life and no other rules mattered. He

Be a good friend and you'll have good friends.

we are only responsible for the things we do—or fail to do—ourselves.

We're defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.

There's danger in being principled in the midst of a war, but I believe that it's more dangerous not to be." "What do you mean?" He seemed to be searching for the words. "I mean that I would rather die knowing I tried to do the right thing than live knowing I had turned my back. Do you understand?

But we aren't defined by the names we carry or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads. I know that now. We're defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.

But if we shrink from them, if we lose our goodness, we let them erase us. We cannot do that, Eva. We cannot.

Eva refused to believe that a person who had made a life from books could have evil in her heart.

Do you know what else this very wise person told me?" he asks. "She said that we're defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth. And I believe, Mrs. Abrams, that you chose to be a hero, even if you don't see it that way." He

I mean that I would rather die knowing I tried to do the right thing than live knowing I had turned my back. Do you understand?

refused to believe that a person who had made a life from books could have evil in her heart.

Please. I learned far too late that life is simply about being good and decent to others. It's as plain as that. But first, you must be good and decent to yourself. Find

We aren't defined by the names we carry, or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads, I know that now. We are defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.

know whether you are kind, decent, capable, well-intentioned. It is within your own heart that you find God. And we all walk our own path toward him. Don't we?

Maybe in the end you can't run from who you are without destroying your life.

And you can't just love something when it's easy, can you? That's not real love.

Maybe the lie wasn't as wrong if it wasn't uttered aloud.

I wish every woman could have as a lover at some point in her life a man who never smoked or drank too much or became jaded from kissing too many girls or looking at porn, someone with the gracious muscles that come from honest work and not from the gym, someone unashamed of the animal side of human nature.

But if you ask what is the good of education in general, the answer is easy; that education makes good men, and that good men act nobly.

Some people believe that, having debauched themselves in one political party or front, they can, like the phoenix, arise from the ashes of the old in the feathers of a new party, front or movement as fresh as if nothing had happened. In fact, there is no such magic formula for longevity in political life other than the simple and the obvious: just honour your promises; do not corrupt and debauch your party. 1956

You're entitled to your own opinions and your own fantasies, but not your own facts—especially if your fantastical facts hurt people.

Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.

I'd rather be dead than cool.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.