Quotes About Integrity

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both. —L. P. Jacks

The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to "have it all," the sooner it will die.

Behind every good politician is a soft, cuddly teddy bear

Full stories are as rare as honesty.

It's like that quote: 'If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.' The choice between a duty or a principle, you know?

Archie says -Science- the same way he says -Modern-, as if someone has lent him the words and made him swear not to break them.

And in the past, Archie wondered, was it just that fewer people cheated? Were they more honest, and did they leave their front doors open, did they leave their kids with the neighbors, pay social calls, run up tabs with the butcher? The funny thing about getting old in a country is people always want to hear that from you. They want to hear it really was once a green and pleasant land. They need it.

It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.

Bitter struggles deform their participants in subtle, complicated ways. The idea that one should speak one's cultural allegiance first and the truth second (and that this is a sign of authenticity) is precisely such a deformation.

It's a question of what love gives you the right to do.

E in passato, si chiese Archie, la gente imbrogliava di meno? Era piu' onesta, lasciava la porta di casa aperta, affidava i figli ai vicini, faceva visite agli amici, aveva il conto aperto con il macellaio?

Paslaptis vertinga tiek kiek žmon?s, d?l kuri? j? saugome

the false courage of association with a crowd.

She's mine. I'll fight to keep her safe from that old life. I've already seen her forget it. I love her. And if a beast ever rises in me I'll burn my hand off before I lay it on her with shameful intent. And, by God! sooner or later I'll kill the man who hid her and kept her in Deception Pass!

Once he had said to her that a man should never be judged by the result of his labors, but by the nature of his effort.

Life is hard enough, God knows, but it's unfailin' true in the end to the man or woman who finds the best in them an' stands by it. Uncle John, y'u talk so—so

Don't apologize. It's a sign of weakness. Captain Nathan Brittles, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important

A bird is a bird Slavery means slavery A knife is a knife Death remains death

Zbigniew Herbert

A moral compass does not cease to function because one's surroundings are new and strange, or else it is no compass at all.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

My skirts aren't a theater curtain for you to peep through," she hissed. "Impatient for the show to begin," he answered, unrepentant.