Quotes About Integrity

Don't be maudlin. You're a librarian, for God's sake. Toughen up.

Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.

We must always be mindful of the power of our words and actions. They have a ripple effect that can touch many lives, both now and in the future. We must act with integrity, with compassion, and with a deep respect for the interconnectedness of all things (Kneubuhl 34)

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends

Whatever people say about the General today, I can only testify that he was a sincere man who believed in everything he said, even if it was a lie, which makes him not so different from most.

the only thing harder than knowing the right thing to do...is to actually do the right thing.

I confess that I admired him, even though he was my enemy. It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends.

You wouldn't know right from wrong." There was no trace of anger in his voice. "The only way a man knows right from wrong is when he makes a choice.

Are you going to be the kind of person who always pays the asking price?" my mother demanded. "Or the kind who fights to find out what something's really worth?

being of the firm belief that money did not lie until it was spent, particularly in the company of friends

Although he could have shot me or turned us back, he did what I gambled every honorable man forced to take a bribe would do. He let us all pass, holding up his end of the bargain as the last fig leaf of his dignity. I averted my eyes from his humiliation.

I liked my scotch undiluted, like I liked my truth. Unfortunately, undiluted truth was as affordable as eighteen-year-old single malt scotch. What about those who have not learned the best of what was thought and said?

he was a sincere man who believed in everything he said, even if it was a lie, which makes him not so different from most.

Whatever people say about the General today. I can only testify that he was a sincere man who believed in everything he said, which makes him not so different than most.

I liked my scotch undiluted, like I liked my truth. Unfortunately, undiluted truth was as affordable as eighteen-year-old single malt scotch.

But the only thing harder than knowing the right thing to do, I went on, is to actually do the right thing.

Crianças precisam de orientação e roteiros morais, beneficiando-se imensamente com o exemplo de adultos que falam a verdade e agem com força moral.

He has asked himself sometimes if solitude is preferable to boredom or betrayal, which seemed to be the inevitable end of all happy love affairs, of all happy marriages. People clung to one another out of fear. K.D. has preferred the integrity of being alone. He was a realist, he is. He has the strength to face death alone.

A borrower may not lend the thing he borrowed.

A clear conscience yields a good night's sleep; without fear even in the desert.

A devil is the one who knows what is right but will not do it.

A friend in need is a friend indeed, but if he is really your friend then he should never be in need.

A man's character may be judged by how he gives you response to the same question asked by you the third time.