Quotes About Integrity

And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing.

I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.

If I'm to be damned for what I've done, I'll be damned in full and not by halves.

You're as bad as your master, he muttered, scarce audible amid the sea-sounds. Worse. At least he didn't ply his words from a courtesan's lips.

Nothing like truth to leaven a good lie.

mayhap if I played at being the kind and gentle husband long enough, it would become true. Master Piero once told us that we might embody those qualities we desire to possess by embracing them, over and over, until the line between seeming and being is no more.

See my finger wet, see my finger dry, cut my throat if I tell a lie.

truth has a certain buoyancy - it makes its way to the surface, in time.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. —KAHLIL GIBRAN

just because you know right from wrong, it doesn't mean you stay away from the wrong part.

Children should always be believed until proven otherwise.

Number Ten Downing Street." "Oh, good lord!" "No, I would say the Right Honourable Gentleman has never been that good, not with the mess this country's in

I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want to be treated. God sees this, God knows.

The Ethical can therefore end up making us irresponsible.

Good women are the scariest varmints of all.

Si quiero ser un buen gobernante de la Gran Colombia, todos mis pensamientos deben estar dirigidos a lo que pueda hacer por el bienestar de la nación. Con razón no soy un buen gobernante. Estoy dejando que mi mente se llene de ideas conspiratorias y políticas mezquinas.

You can't separate the way you behave when you're communicating with your spouse from the way you communicate with your co-workers or boss. It's important to be the same person all day, every day.

King, Gandhi, and Kepler become great because they make choices full of moral courage.

No one, he believed, should abuse the faith by slandering others for their beliefs.

To have courage. To have honor. Is very beautiful.

From the time that money began to be regarded with honor, the real value of things was forgotten.

honor included not only physical and moral courage but also a daring commitment to central beliefs

It was rather that he discovered for himself the inherent undesirability of becoming a leader; it was an act of pomp engaged in by lesser men who enjoyed bedecking themselves in feathers. He would let others use office to proclaim their feats. He would concentrate on the feat itself, doing what had to be done Ã¢â'¬Â¦ in silence.

Religions are always in trouble," Tabari said. "In adversity they grow honest. It's good for them.