Quotes About Integrity

My father lied, and when pressed about this fib years later, his answer was "Jennifer, I don't negotiate with ten-year-olds." Respect.

Sorry," I muttered. "Just because you're an asshole doesn't mean I have to be a bitch.

I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness!

Good people with strong convictions could overturn any injustice if they simply refused to quit.

Women employees were reportedly hired for their personal attractions rather than their skills, and several young ladies claimed that they were refused employment until they yielded to the passionate embraces of the superintendent of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures.

On the very outside chance that we might play again, you should know that pool is the closest thing I have to a religion. Don't ever throw a game with me again.

Would she hit a dog to get great sex?

Values aren't buses, she said shortly. They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. And I'd rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt.

I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations.

Integrity is your own gauge of what is right for you. Integrity is not a stand-alone concept

In the end, the truth finds a way to surface, even if you don't want it to.

Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.

Apologies require vulnerability.

When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

all it took for evil to flourish was for good men to stand by and do nothing?

if you use people your entire life, if you manipulate them and take from them, and throw them away when you don't need them anymore, then yes, there are consequences. Bad things happen.

that if you use people your entire life, if you manipulate them and take from them, and throw them away when you don't need them anymore, then yes, there are consequences.

Everyone deserves justice, I thought. Even people who lie. And everyone lies. Especially on social media, where there were lies of commission and lies of omission on everyone's page, woven into everyone's public presence.

YOU SHOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU ACT AGAINST YOUR NATURE, LIKE SLEEPING WITH PEOPLE YOU HATE. IT¹S INTERESTING TO TEST YOUR CAPABILITIES FOR A WHILE BUT TOO MUCH WILL CAUSE DAMAGE.

the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

How can I truly serve others if I'm also serving myself, or my ego?

Son, hiding the truth is just the coward's way to lie.

if need arises for holding converse with men, do not shun having witnesses, and let your conversation be marked with such confidence that the entry of a third person shall neither startle you nor make you blush.