Quotes About Integrity

Ma io sono un uomo che preferisce perdere piuttosto che vincere con modi sleali e spietati. Grave colpa da parte mia, lo so! E il bello è che ho la sfacciataggine di difendere tale colpa, di considerarla quasi una virtù…

Lo sapevi, peccare non significa fare il male: non fare il bene, questo significa peccare.

e noi stiamo bene a sentirci italiani e ne siamo anche fieri e orgogliosi che capiamo che questi legami qui sono nati tra la gente che lavora mica trattati a tavolino tra diplomatici o ministri del cazzo, che di loro ci vergognamo sì,altrochè.

If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.

TO ACT HONESTLY—EVEN AT THE RISK OF SAYING THE unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others—if done with intelligence and tact, is the kindest thing to do, because it respects our own integrity and acknowledges in others the capacity to be competent and mature.

leur éthique personnelle, qui leur inspire la même horreur de toutes les formes de pharisaïsme, conservateur ou progressiste.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

It takes a good memory to keep up a lie.

One is often guilty by being too just.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be.

Judging by the virtues expected of a servant, does your Excellency know many masters who would be worthy valets?

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.

George W. Bush was good as his word. He visited the Gulf states 17 times; went 13 times to New Orleans. Laura Bush made 24 trips. Bush saw that $126 billion in aid was sent to the Gulf's residents, as some members of his own party in Congress balked.

Besides having an audience, the most important currency for any leader is his or her reputation. And having a reputation for over-delivering on what's expected of you should give your visitors, subscribers and customers more reason to spend their money with you and refer their friends.

What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance and the way the character's facial expressions work, that is what is going to be created on the day with other actors and the director.

I don't really care what the visual is looking like. I've gotten away from - not shenanigans, but spectacle.

I never produce a song, whether writing it or making a beat, and give it a wack visual or wack performance. I'm like a trifecta.

I don't really trust musical artists that don't also do visual art.

You cannot own a symphony or a novel in the way you can own a Damien Hirst. As a result there are far fewer fake symphonies or fake novels than there are fake works of visual art.

I don't like the lip-syncing-type videos. I like for people to listen to the words and see the visual.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

I'm not in the business of adapting things that are popular for the sake of just getting it on the screen. I think there has to be a vital reason.