Quotes About Integrity

Sometimes," she said, "what we want to do and what we must do are not the same." She put a hand on his shoulder. "Pasqo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it. Pasquale waited until the

What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he is dead?

but the very idea scandalized her. "What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he is dead?

Pasqo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

But finding work worth doing and having people in your life worth doing it for…doing the best you can every day…that feels honorable to me.

What I discovered is that when God took the anger out of my heart, He also took the fear. I know that telling the truth makes enemies, but my message is right and just, and I have no desire to modify it to please others.

You don't get to pick which parts of me you find acceptable and throw away what you don't.

I will never compromise on my poorly-thought-out, internally-inconsistent, quasi-irrational principles. That's just how I roll.

And what the hell had Matt been thinking? Perhaps Matt was just a big old slut who ran around Boston kissing every girl he met, and he'd been waiting for the right time to add Julie to the list.

expedience could not take precedence over the pursuit of justice.

Words can be said easily, but one can't fake actions.

Everything is there

Personally, I think it deplorable to place the words and opinions of others on the book jacket. I want the first words read by the reader of my book to be written by me.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

I tried to write the book [Today Matters] with integrity and say, health is one of my daily dozen, and I work on it, but I don't have this right.

When you think something is cool already, it's okay to put in an honest day's work.

A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work, a bare hanging; but to makea malefactordiesweetly was only belonging toher husband.

I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living

There's no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out of hard work.

You may sell your work, but not your soul.

To do your own work well, whether it be for life or death.

Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.

I'm glad the UFC wanted to work with me as well, and I think that they trust that I'll never make them look bad. You never have to worry about me with a DWI or doing something crazy