Quotes About Integrity

As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so wise men falter not amidst blame or praise.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same...

A bad man, though raised to honour, always returns to his natural course, as a dog?s tail, though warmed by the fire and rubbed with oil, retains its form.*

A man eminent in learning has not even a little virtue if he fears to practise it. What precious things can be shown to a blind man when he holds a lamp in his hand?

Like an earthen pot, a bad man is easily broken, and cannot readily be restored to his former situation; but a virtuous man, like a vase of gold, is broken with difficulty, and easily repaired.

Skill in advising others is easily attained by men; but to practise righteousness themselves is what only a few can succeed in doing.

A gentleman is not for his gender, A gentleman known by his good jester

Be good to people in your way up, so if you ever fall you will need their support on your way down.

Girls secrets in the hands of boys is like Guns in the hands of gunsels

Trust is like money. Hard to earn, easy to lose. -Okiki MIchael

For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.

He who can feel ashamed will not readily do wrong.

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

Mention not a blemish which is thy own in detraction of a neighbour.

Never put thyself in the way of temptation: even David could not resist it.

There is a great difference between one who can feel ashamed before his own soul and one who is only ashamed before his fellow men.

Truth doesn't make a noise.

[Of two suitors for his daughter's hand:] I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Ja, Herr Baron, es gibt viele Wege, die zu zu Gott führen, und es gibt viele Wege, die zu Glück führen, dessen bin ich in meinem Herzen gleicherweise gewiss. Und der eine Weg ist gut und der andere Weg ist gut. Aber jeder gute Weg muss ein offner Weg und ein gerader Weg sein und in der Sonne liegen und ohne Morast und ohne Sumpf und ohne Irrlicht. Auf die Wahrheit kommt es an, und auf die Zuverlässigkeit kommt es an und auf die Ehrlichkeit.

For a man of the type of Pompeius, who for want of faith in himself and in his star timidly clung in public life to formal right, and with whom the pretext was nearly of as much importance as the motive, this circumstance was of serious weight.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.