Quotes About Integrity

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of pick themselves up and hurt off as if nothing had happened

The fighting man has a grim sense of justice, which it is dangerous to affront.

These thirty years of action and advocacy comprise and express my life-effort, and I am content to be judged upon them. I have adhered

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense.

It is baffling to reflect that what men call honour does not correspond always to Christian ethics. Honour is often influenced by that element of pride which plays so large a part in its inspiration.

I lived in fact from mouth to hand.

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and to defy clamour are not fit to be Ministers in times of stress.

Burke's dictum, "If I cannot have reform without injustice, I will not have reform.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

When everybody else is bending with the wind, very few people will lean against it.

Jak mam co? do napisania, to staram si? pisa? jak najm?drzej i ?eby to by?o jak najlepsze. A to, czy ja jestem Polak podczas pisania, czy jestem Chi?czyk, to do mnie nie nale?y. Ja jestem cz?owiek i moj? robot? musz? zrobi? jak najlepiej.

She never moved in pieces like a mosaic She moved whole like a sculpture But it was next to impossible With her limited means even if she had started And besides They were watching

Few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.

Truth will only make you unpopular.

I do not mind if you think slowly, but I do object when you publish more quickly than you think.

His ways were a refuge from falsity.

Standing in a garage no more makes you a car than standing in a church makes you a Christian.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

I must say, it amazed me how many in my profession caved in like dominoes.

Weide will at least have the personal good feeling of having been on the right side of a nasty issue, unlike a great number of people he had tried vainly to persuade who will no doubt be awash in assorted creative rationalizations. If it turns out there is a heaven, I believe Weide will have a good table—in the nonsmoking section.

I'd rather hurt Lee a little, than destroy Hannah.

Finally, there's a very different perspective one has when you view something as an innocent person rather than what a guilty man must go through. You relish the close looks and investigations rather than fear them, because you have nothing to hide. You're eager to take the lie detector test rather than ducking it.

I was ready to go to court and declare with total honesty that I never abused anyone in my life, and I was ready to defend that statement publicly.

if you know yourself to be honorable, strong, brave, fair-minded, generous, clear-headed, or articulate, or to have any number of other good characteristics, that is the image you will project, and that image forms the basis for the decisions you make.