Quotes About Integrity

nothing is really important but being oneself

I don't have time to ruins others lives. I'm too busy making my own better.

I'm not going to ask for your forgiveness, because you only ask for that if you think you're doing something wrong. I don't care what anyone says, this isn't wrong" -Loretta

Integrity battles with the desire for connection and rarely wins.

Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.

I have also learned—through hard experience—that there is no virtue in putting something on a to-do list and then not doing it. It's just as not done as if it were never on the list in the first place, only now it's sitting there, mocking me in its undoneness.

No roll in the hay is worth losing what I've got.

In a world where everything could be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, it was too incredible to think that this could not.

There's a knowledge deep in our bones that some lines cannot be crossed without becoming unrecognizable to ourselves-the only death truly to be feared. I know who I have been. I know who I am. I know who I will remain.

Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in the truth, and I believe in saying what you think. Why not? Do you have to go around whispering all the time or playing a game with people? I just don't believe in that. So I'm not the most adored person on the face of the earth.

that you should be nice to everyone until a person gives you reason not to be, and sometimes even then.

And that's when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.

Manipulating situations is one thing, but lying is another. My theory (especially with girls) is that if you don't lie, you can't be held responsible for anything bad that goes down.

Because the truth is, I wouldn't care if she lied to me, except for the fact that I love her. And once you love someone, you can't really put up with them lying to you. It just doesn't work. It makes things into a big mess.

But now I'm thinking that wanting to end up with a great storyteller might have been a bad idea. Because girls who can tell great stories are also great liars.

If there's one thing I've realized, it's that you have to be honest. Even if you're scared, even if you're worried that you're going to get your heart stomped on, even if you think that the truth is going to ruin everything, you have to put it out there. Because otherwise, you're fucked.

Everyone's fake in certain situations. It's like when you go for a job interview and they ask you, "What would you do if you found one of your friends at work stealing?" and, let's face it, no one's going to tell on their friend. But of course you have to say, "I would tell IMMEDIATELY, because I don't think I could work in that kind of environment, it's not good for my morale." No one wants to look like an idiot.

Guys will do anything they can to make you think they're with you, and then they will run off and hook up with whoever and whatever they can get their hands on.

When someone tells you who they are, you need to believe them.

NEVER LIE TO SOMEONE WHO IS LIKELY TO SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

If something is not right or real, don't lose your self.

This was RULE 32: TELL ONE LIE AND GET READY TO TELL A WHOLE LOT MORE.

It was a huge comfort to have a person who'd keep you honest with yourself and who also gave you safe harbour.

He was one of those capital M Men.