Quotes About Integrity

And empty words are evil.

It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.

Virtue will cut your head off, vice will only cut your hair.

Notre conscience est un juge infaillible, quand nous ne l'avons pas encore assassinée.

We estimate wrongdoing in proportion to the purity of our conscience

La flatterie n'émane jamais des grandes âmes, elle est l'apanage des petits esprits qui réussissent à se rapetisser encore pour mieux entrer dans la sphère vitale de la personne autour de laquelle ils gravitent. La flatterie sous-entend un intérêt. (p.239/317)

He became...the ideal of that virtue which delights in its own work...doing everything with simplicity and dignity, for he seemed to realize that his objective added nobility to everything he did.

So an honest man is the common enemy.

This poor young man had felt there the gnawing of that burning poverty which is a sort of crucible from which great talents are to emerge as pure and incorruptible as diamonds, which may be subjected to any shock without being crushed. In the fierce fire of their unbridled passions they acquire the most impeccable honesty, and get into the habit of fighting the battles which await genius with the constant work by which they coerce their cheated appetites.

Ne güvenli ne baya?? ne de çok görkemli olun, bu tutumlar?n üçü de insan? gözden dü?ürür. Fazla güven sayg?y? azalt?r, baya??l?k küçümsenmenize yol açar, fazla çaba da sömürülmenize neden olur.

Le journalisme est un enfer, un abîme d'iniquités, de mensonges, de trahisons, que l'on ne peut traverser et d'où l'on ne peut sortir pur, que protégé comme Dante par le divin laurier de Virgile.

Corruption is thick on the ground, talent rare.

I was brought up to believe that the Christian God wasn't a scared and compromising public servant, but the creator of the whole merciless truth, and I reckon that training spoiled me -- I actually took my teachers seriously!

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.

I truly believe that the ultimate measure of one's success in life is not what position you have occupied or how much money you have, but what kind of person you have become, what difference you have made to the people around you.

But despite our poverty, our parents always taught us to have dignity, honesty and pride. Never to steal or do things that would harm others. Our good family name was most sacred and should be protected with all our might.

Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.

Qui sine peccato est vestrum primus in illam lapidem mittat," he said to me.

I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.'