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Quotes About Integrity

In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from a knave.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes from honest men, who praise sincerely those things in us which are really commendable.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil.
~ Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.
~ Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
You find out what type of man you are.
~ Jeremy Stephens
In matters of conscience that is the best sense which every wise man takes in before he hath sullied his understanding with the designs of sophisters and interested persons.
~ Jeremy Taylor
Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.
~ Jesse Jackson
But how right is it to kill a man for something that is in his soul?
~ Jessie Burton
Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no.
~ Jethro Tull
I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn.
~ Jimmy Carter
A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.
~ Jodi Picoult
That's a huge part foul man; that's just not cool.
~ Joe Teti
One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Noble be man, helpful and good!
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The history of a man is in his character.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When each man sets his own house in order, the whole world will be in order.
~ John Andreas Widtsoe
It's a hard world, neighbors, if a man's oath must be his master.
~ John Dryden
Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
~ John Eldredge
I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.
~ John F. Kerry
The worse the haircut, the better the man.
~ John Green
Man is more than constitutions.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a spirit of calculation and snobbishness.
~ John Grier Hibben
Prove your friend ere you have need, but in deed A friend is never known till a man have need.
~ John Heywood