Quotes About Integrity

There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.

A man who would mutilate himself is well damned, isn't he?

A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.

What we say of a thing that has just come in fashion And that which we do with the dead, Is the name of the honestest man in the nation: What more of a man can be said?

The first view is "bad apple." Bad apple is excusable. It's sort of like, something went bad with this man. But the second option is police corruption, so it's a problem with the department.

It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it, and find occasion to get angry at you no matter how kindly meant your deeds may be.

What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets.

Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.'

I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.

But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.

It is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in God's sight than to appear lovely to man's eyes but lame to God's.

Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men".

Be good and honest to your fellow man and try to do something good for somebody.

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither built nor filled by atheists.

I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. The vice of government, the vice of education, the viceof religion, is one with that of the private life.

Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.

When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war.

President Trump is a man of his word.