Quotes About Integrity

Should what you get up to fail to comport with who you think you are, something is surely inaccurate (and likely optimistic) about who you think you are.

The concept of duty was foreign to her, and it was only the people who acknowledged duty, and who had regard for duty, who got saddled with

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.

Never imagine that what you do for others or what you do in private doesn't matter. It counts more than we know. God watches how we steward what is not our own before He entrusts us with more.

Live what is within you out loud.

honor begins in the heart and works its way out until it is expressed through our actions.

I'd like to say I'm not dressed up for anyone in particular, but that would be a lie.

When you do choose to speak," she told me, "speak truths.

It's hard whenever someone makes the wrong choice that affects others around him, but you can't let that change who you are.

Don't make promises," she says, "just do what you can do. Just be what you can be. However flawed that it is.

Do not claim that you are anything other than what you are. An evil motherfucking basic bitch. 'My name is Alix Summer.

Once you had a reputation for being nice you couldn't mess with it.

A life without secrets and lies was a simple path to walk

The idea that Justin had sacrificed his life not for the glamorous refurbished version of Henry Lamb but for the original, slightly crappy version has filled his soul with rightness and substance. Henry Lamb was enough, he'd thought; he didn't need to be anybody else.

being a grown-up is not about getting married, about smart flats and reading groups; it's about taking responsibility for your own actions and the consequences of those actions.

You think I'd cheat on you?" I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster. "With another guy, no. With a cheeseburger . . . in a heartbeat.

Where are we going?" Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist. "To the house. If they're not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I'll have to debauch you in front of someone else.

A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins.

I think you'll have to marry me, Miss Fielding." "To save your reputation?" Derek grinned, bending to kiss the flash of pale throat revealed by the robe. "Someone has to make a respectable man of me.

Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ? literally chosen death ? before breaking his word.

I never lie for the sake of kindness," he murmured, smiling. "One of my many flaws.

There's nothing worse than breaking a promise to someone who cares about you.