Quotes About Integrity

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

Offices are as acceptable here as elsewhere, and whenever a man has cast a longing eye on them, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.

When a man has cast his longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps.

Integrity reveals beauty.

Why would I need someone to make sure I do my job correctly?" answered the Japanese worker. "That's my job.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully.

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.

How many honest words have suffered corruption since Chaucer's days!

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

Characer is much easier kept than recovered.

Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.