Quotes About Integrity

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

And then there are a lot of people who come here because they actually want to try to do something good in this country. In my case, I was working at a newspaper in Sinaloa for years, trying to report on the drug war, trying to make people there aware of what was happening in their own backyard, but my bosses only had an appetite for the macabre. They kept sending me out to take photos of crime scenes that they'd plaster

Tendré un sitio entre los monstruos de la humanidad. Me quieren altiva, imperiosa, vengativa y fanática...Se podría añadir orgullosa hasta el punto de no poder decidirme a defenderme cuando sería tan fácil, porque prefiero la calumnia a rebajarme hasta mis calumniadores. Elena de Montijo

It takes a lot more energy to be covert and sneaky than it does to be open and honest.

There may be a wrong way to do the right thing, but never a right way to do a wrong thing.

A lie runs until it is overtaken by the truth.

If you want self-esteem." "Do estimable acts" ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes.

The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience.

money kill justice

You have to drag them into the light.

I'm the guy that you come to when you need shit taken care of. You want a body hidden? I'll bury it. You want me to take down the bastard hurting you? I'll destroy him. Ride or fucking die, that's what I am to you. I will never choose anyone over you. And I won't make the same mistakes again this time. You can count on it.

You got cop friends down here, too? Will they save you when I press charges?" Davis shrugged. "Let's find out." Jamie

I respected him enormously for standing by me when he knew it might ruin his career, just as he was on the brink of success: he had a streak of fundamental decency that went far beyond simply observing the convention of the day and I loved him for it.

One problem with agreeing to keep a secret is that it always starts off feeling like an easy, little decision. But it doesn't stay easy or little. it sits there like one of those jagged ledges hiding under the surface of the ocean at high tide—quietly waiting to rip everything apart if you forget, for even a second, it's there.

All she had to do was tell the truth. This would be easy. I should've known, though. Real truth is never easy" -Lily

Leaving out isn't the same as lying.

Better to write for yourself and have no public; than to write for the public and have no self.

No, non imiterò mai coloro che cancellano le proprie tracce, ripudiano il proprio passato e sono morti, anche se con equilibrismi intellettuali fanno finta di essere vivi. Le mie radici sono laggiù, all'Est, su questo non v'è alcun dubbio. Anche se trovo difficile e spiacevole spiegare chi sono, bisogna pur tentare di farlo.

If I was president of the Slime Committee, I'd make it easier to come clean about shit. If coming clean is what you're supposed to do, then it should be made more fucken accessible, I say.

People are apt to take you at your own valuation . . . I mean if you lie down on the floor and look like a doormat people can't be blamed for wiping their boots on you.

They left their comfortable homes... and fought..., and, because this was bread in their bone, they wanted no fuss.