Quotes About Integrity

Abbiamo bisogno di persone brave, non solo di brave persone.

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

Each of us should do something every day That we do not want to do But we know we should do, To strengthen our backbone And put iron in our soul.

A person's conscience will object and accuse when an action may be harmful to themselves and others.

If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.

He knew how to win votes and he knew what to do with himself when the votes were won. He held the confidence of his constituency. His was a constantly growing popularity. He could do everything but one,--he could not dishonor his conscience. His belief that "slavery was founded on injustice" was the only reason for his protest. He never hesitated to protest against injustice. The Golden Rule had a place in practical politics. The Sermon on the Mount was not an iridescent dream.

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Good character does not assure worldly success, or triumph in statecraft, but it does provide firm grounding in victory and consolation in failure.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble.

In a business context we're talking about the ability to instill trust that the leader is sharing the hard work, understanding the difficult issues, and being honest in dealing with people so that all the team members feel they're in the same boat in good times and bad times. People have to feel that when hard actions are called for, their leader will be there to take responsibility and be prepared to sacrifice more than others to reach a satisfactory end.

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place

There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

When push comes to shove we can afford to lose an arm or a leg, but I am operating on peoples thoughts and feelings... and if something goes wrong I can destroy that persons character... forever.