Quotes About Integrity

A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

Money doesn't change men. It merely unmasks them.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men.

Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.

Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.

A true party-man hates and despises candour.

Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.

Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

A man is known by the company he keeps

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them?

Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God, either.

Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.

What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.

Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.

A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.

The good man is he for whom, because he is virtuous, the things that are absolutely good are good; it is also plain that his use of these goods must be virtuous and in the absolute sense good.

You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.

Man shows his character best in trifles.