Quotes About Integrity

Indeed, if the good life entails nothing more than the joyless performance of good deeds, then it is not a life that is lived but merely one that is ploddingly enacted. How can we urge good character upon individuals and devise strategies for encouraging character if there is not an experiential payoff?

This character strength is a quiet one. Those who are modest let their accomplishments speak for themselves. They do not seek the spotlight. They do not toot their own horns. They acknowledge mistakes and imperfections. They do not take undue credit for their accomplishments, instead regarding themselves as fortunate to be in a position where something good has happened to them.

Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

Listen to me. We've been had." "By whom? How?" "Toby Stonewood. He's played us from the start." "Toby? The Duke of Suffolk?" "One and the same." Simon couldn't stand how the English never wanted to believe the worst of their landed gentry. Even the most casual perusal of English history showed them to be venal, dishonest, and without scruples. And those were the good ones.

If you think the goal of life is to impress someone with your possessions or looks or intelligence or... then you are not living - - you are a circus act.

Do what is right and be prepared to pay the price.

It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

Because my dad fought and gave his life defending people who couldn't defend themselves." Drew felt his eyes ache with rising tears and a lump forming in his throat. "And he taught me to do the same. He taught me that it's wrong to do nothing when you have the power to do something.

Deep Throat is a guy who could have your files and mine in his trust.

I promise loyalty. I promise secrecy. And I promise courage.

My business is the enforcement of the tax laws and the integrity of the tax code and making sure that trustees of charitable giving are true trustees.

The only people who lawyer up faster than dirty cops are dirty lawyers.

It is important to have questionable friends you can trust unconditionally.

I believe we leaders need to live according to a biblical process, not according to a ministry model.

The best way to recognize a lie is to already know the truth, and so we need to have the truth of God's Word stored away in our hearts and minds.

Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine.

Righteousness can never be legislated. It is a matter of the heart.

It can be a sin to tell an untimely truth.

Demolish a skyscraper, but never destroy trust. The latter is harder to build.

Faithfulness at times, could mean NEVER CAUGHT CHEATING, not NEVER CHEATED.

Lies, are truths with no scrutiny

Train up your mind in the way it should think. So when it has thought,it shall not be far from good.