Quotes About Integrity

Kelsko was a toad. But he was proud. Kelsko was a pathological liar, but he was not a sucker for the lies of others, the way most liars were, for he had not lost the ability to perceive the difference between truth and falsehood. He simply had no respect for that difference.

Might does not make right, but right demands that those who hold to it should defend it with all their might.

Women are not for using. Women are for loving.

Integrity is everything to me. I will not die ashamed. I will live on my deathbed knowing that I gave it my best shot, and everything else is meaningless to me.

A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a life of decency, integrity, and kindness, which is much more challenging and noble, if not always quite as exciting.

In a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be difficult to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles.

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie.

You're noble enough, Baudelaires. That's all we can ask for in this world.

When you find the sort of people who will show up to give you a ride exactly when they've promised to do so, hold on to them for dear life.

In every other place on Earth, nobility and integrity are vanishing quickly.

A wonderful laugh is no excuse for villainous behavior!

Showing up early is one of the signs of a noble person....

To be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

Respecting one's elders is difficult enough, but when they are soaked with water and have proved themselves to be dishonest, it is nearly impossible.

if you don't choose the wicked thing what in the world will you do?

Being noble enough is all we can ask for in this world.

never trust anyone without a book

Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books.

i want to be friends with people who are honest and interesting, generous but not ridiculous, thoughtful but who don't have irritating voices

People have done difficult things for more or less noble reasons.

in a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be hard to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles.

In a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance it can be difficult to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles." VFD

As I have said, I prefer a shop which sells one thing to a shop which sells many things, and a supermarket, of course, tries to sell everything, and there is always something distrustful about a place so eager to please.