Quotes About Integrity

A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

The most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

Man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.

All men of goodwill have this in common - that our works put us to shame.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincere there wouldn't be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones!

Some things are not forgiveable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.

Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable. --Blanche Dubois

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

He who is quick to borrow is slow to pay.

Never suppose that either the evil or the good that you do will remain secret, however strict may be your enclosure.

to say nothing through fear that taking the matter up would be yielding to temptation would itself be to yield to temptation.

Of the good things they do many will pass unnoticed, or will even not be considered good at all; but they need not fear that any evil or imperfect thing they do will be overlooked.

If we fill the palace with vulgar people and all kinds of junk, how can the Lord and His Court occupy it? When such a crowd is there it would be a great thing if He were to remain for even a short time.

Mirad que no son tiempos de creer a todos, sino a los que viereis van conforme a la vida de Cristo.

Their heart does not allow them to practise duplicity: if they see their friend straying from the road, or committing any faults, they will speak to her about it; they cannot allow themselves to do anything else.

Tengo para mí que honras y dineros casi siempre andan juntos, y que quien quiere honra no aborrece dineros, y que quien los aborrece que se le da poco de honra.

never seem unable to find a reason for thinking I am being virtuous when I make excuses for myself.

Tell the truth and . . .run!" Old Croatian proverb

individual comes from the term indivisible.

Dan now has resources that he lacked as that little boy, like the ability to stand up to his wife, to tell Julia the truth and let the chips fall where they may. I call this letting the bad thing happen.

Everyone gets to go crazy in long-term relationships, but you have to take turns. I call this relational integrity. It means that you hold the (Wise Adult) fort while your partner goes off their (Adaptive Child) rails. It's not an easy practice, but it builds strong relational muscles.