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Quotes About Integrity

To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
~ Confucius
To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
~ Confucius
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
~ Confucius
Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.
~ Confucius
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
~ Confucius
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
~ Confucius
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
~ Confucius
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
~ Confucius
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
~ Confucius
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.
~ Unknown
When you're older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won't die any quicker, but you'll be less than the dirt on our boots. You'll still be dust, but you'll have wasted your short time in the light.
~ Conn Iggulden
We are nothing but the oath we give.
~ Conn Iggulden
A little guilt has made more than a few men live better than they would have done—trying to even the scales before they cross the river.
~ Conn Iggulden
Every man has it's price, but it's almost never the gold
~ Conn Iggulden
There are many who say 'I believe this,' but would they hold true to those beliefs if their children were threatened? No. But Genghis would. If you told him you would kill his children, he would tell you to go ahead, but realize that the cost would be infinite, that he would tear down cities and nations and the price would never be paid. He did not lie and his enemies knew it. His word was iron.
~ Conn Iggulden
You obey orders, because if you do not, you cannot expect the same from your men. You are part of the wolf, not the whole wolf. I would have thought you had learned that when you were a boy, but it is not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.
~ Conn Iggulden
You cannot deceive the mirror
~ Conn Iggulden
You respect orders because if you don't do this, you won't be able to expect the same from your people. You're a part of the wolf and not the entire wolf. A wolf cannot have more than one head, general, because it will fall apart
~ Conn Iggulden
But I came to these lands because, when a man threatens me and I look away, he has taken something important from me. If I fight and die, all he can take is my life. My courage, my dignity, remain.
~ Conn Iggulden
Do you gamble, Captain MacNeill?" "Never, sir." "No?" the marquis looked surprised. "Thought you soldiers were all inveterate gamblers." "Only with our lives, sir. Never had anything else I could afford to lose.
~ Connie Brockway
But honor, Thomas conceded wryly, born late blooms strong.
~ Connie Brockway
How we treat those who can't force us to be kind says everything about who we are as a people.
~ Unknown
Self-Image and Self Development ? Experiencing more kindness and compassion toward yourself. ? Becoming more and more the person you want to be. ? Self-appreciation. ? Enough security to be open to feedback. ? Sense of equality with others. ? High self-esteem. ? Sense of identity. ? Personal integrity. ? More wholeness and balance. Other
~ Unknown
Remember, "being earnest" does not mean mimicking Hemingway.
~ Constance Hale