Quotes About Integrity

because men that are free,well born,well bred,and conversant in honest companies have naturally an instinct and spur that prompteth them unto virtuous actions,and withdraws them from vice which is called honor

I'm not leaving," Sam said, his eyes fixed on the boy he was holding. "Not until Disney Princess here apologizes, or his head comes off, one of the two.

You think that because I want to do what's right, because I want to make things better, I'm weak," Claire said. "Or that I'm stupid. But I'm not. It takes a lot more strength to know how bad the world is and not want to be part of that, give in to it. And I do know, Kim. Believe me.

So don't preach at us like you're some kind of saint. You're just another sinner.

Here's a tip...If you leave a girl crying you're probably not doing your Don Juan routine right, asshole.

Desperate people do desperate things. You cannot be one of them. You must be better.

Your personal dignity was always more important to you than mere emotion, wasn't it?

Stop lying by omission

I meant it," I tell him. "Every bruise. Every cut. Get

When a strong gale constantly blows, everything bends," Murasaki said. "And even the most honest make accommodations, and soon they are not honest at all.

Shred all that, then take the pieces to the incinerator at the end of the hall for burning. I like to be thorough.

Faith. Faith in what? He'd believed in the Library, the ideal of it, anyway. He believed that it was doing good, and more, that it wanted to do good. But now he'd seen the dirty underside, and he couldn't hold on to his faith much longer.

No, Kez, don't pour sugar on a pile of shit and call it breakfast.

Anything worthwhile is worth fighting for,' Claire said. 'Not always with guns and stuff. But with … taking a stand. Right?

Teenage boys cannot be trusted. Their intentions are not pure.

Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

If I were going to give you more advice that I myself can't seem to take, I would tell you that in order to build character, you don't invent a new self, you instead build on what's already there. The good parts. The things you love. As horrid as it sounds, at a certain point—i.e., the point we're at now—you build your character on the foundation of all the things you love.

The incidental fact of his straightness doesn't mean I want to be NoMo's five-minute girlfriend, like I'm some 7-Eleven quick stop on his slut train.

It is possibly true what Grandpa's buddies have repeatedly told me: Teenage boys cannot be trusted. Their intentions are not pure.

It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.

We hadn't vowed to write every day, and we hadn't written every day. We hadn't sworn to be true to each other, because there hadn't been much to be true to.

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat animals.

But it is my believed that one gets back what he puts out. The only way to truly earn regard is to conduct oneself with the utmost honor and respect.

Mustn't desire then be integral—a set of essential guideposts on the map of life's purpose? And mightn't its very denial then be a desecration?