Quotes About Integrity

have always felt," Nathan said, "that the truth is simply the truth. And perhaps does not exist for us to bend and revise. Or even filter to

best way to judge what a man will do is by looking at what he's

She placed the judgment of her humans ahead of her own, as a matter of courtesy and pride, even if she was always right and we were always wrong. Good dogs are like that.

I seem to remember that Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency.

So, who's stronger, the man who looks truth in the eye, or the man who tells himself lies to make it go away?

No such thing as too truthful," I said.

But some people don't want you to do what you think is right. Some people

I think it makes not one bit of difference if those words came from the soul of Annaliese Schmidt or from the inside of my own brain. I think it only matters if the words are right.

He was different. He didn't waste his time with crap like that. He had living to do. He knew who he was and he didn't have anything to prove to anybody. He had no problem saying he made a mistake, or he didn't know. That's a sign of confidence in a person. People think it's the other way around. But it's only people who don't have their acts together who work so hard to make you think they do.

I seem to remember that Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency." - Nathan

the best way to judge what a man will do is by looking at what he's done in the past.

Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency.

It made me wonder if always telling the truth was a thing only for people who are about to die. And who know it. That would explain why it's not such a common thing.

It's a trust thing. When people trust me, I'd just about die before I let them down. You can tell me anything.

You can only save face for just so long before you wake up and realize you have nothing left worth saving.

Sorry doesn't mean shit. Not if you don't plan to stop doing the thing you're so sorry about. There has to be more to amends than just a word. Anybody can say a damn word.

feel that the truth is simply the truth. And that to shield someone from it is only a manner of treating that person with a lack of respect. I'm sure she didn't mean it that way, though. I'm sure she was doing what she thought best.

My father taught me not to look down on nobody, not to think bad about nobody. Except assholes. He said it's OK to be prejudiced against assholes, because nobody has to be an asshole. It's voluntary.

As long as I live, I'm never going to do what they're doing. I made myself a promise. And now I'm making the promise to you. I'm never going to judge somebody I don't know. And if somebody is accused of something in the newspaper or on TV, I'm going to remember that maybe he did it or maybe he didn't. I wasn't there, so I don't know.

wanted to say, "Be kind to each other, and don't let anybody come between you. And if someone else does come in and break up the marriage, and there's no way around that, at least find a way to equitably share the raising of the children.

When people no longer love God with their whole heart, religious observances with the greatest of potential become only hollow rituals, and the integrity of life and word is gone, draining events of their power to communicate the faith.

I may hurt you, I will not harm you...

But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.

Trouble is, most times, when you go looking to sell your soul, nobody's buying.