Quotes About Integrity

Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.

Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction.

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Virtuous men alone possess friends.

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.

Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

An honest man is respected by all parties.

You know That I do fawn on men, and hug them hard, And after scandal them.

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.

A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.

There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.

There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.

Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without heroes I just want to be a man.

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.

The constant man loses not his virtue in misfortune. A torch may point towards the ground, but its flame will still point upwards.

Every act of every man is a moral act, to be tested by moral, and not by economic criteria.