Quotes About Integrity

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

My commitment is my symbol, my vision my standard, and for this vision, my commitment!

Men who refuse to use condoms do not deserve to be fucked by anyone but other men who refuse to use condoms.

But people who've only sworn once have it harder. Several oaths can certainly be broken, but not just one.

When someone is living in the vapors of his happiness, when he no longer has many words at his disposal, simply "God bless you", "May God reward you," then people should not attempt to wash him, should not wash off what is good for him, should not try and clean him up for a new life that does not exist.

If you believe in yourself and what you're doing with your life, stand tall and don't make excuses for who you are. 

If we don't do better than those we accuse, we have no right to complain.

People look at the outside of a person and assume they know everything there is to know about the inside of that person. The trouble is a few coats of paint and some new shutters can do a lot for the exterior of a house, but tell you nothing about its foundation or its ability to weather life's storms. I would say the same is true of people.

Try to live by your own sense of right and wrong. Not in response to someone else's treatment of you.

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. — Abraham Lincoln

I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never hesitated to give truth the form he felt the occasion demanded.

since I had visions of my home and studio covertly being gone through without my knowledge.

There are things that are more important than life.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Sono una prostituta, è vero, però non mi vendo a tutti.

Heureux sont ceux qui peuvent aimer et haïr sans feinte, sans détour, sans nuance.

there are some values worth standing up for, regardless of shifting cultural mores.

Leaders who value good outcomes more than assertion of their own authority understand that serious errors are avoided by the use of Intelligent Disobedience.

once all voices have been heard and a decision is made by those with the authority to make it, if no core values are being violated, supporting that decision is the correct mode.

Some men Change their party for the sake of their principles and others changetheir principles for the sake of their party.

He chuckled as he realized how he'd rationalized betrayal into gallantry. Damn, he was a good lawyer. But

Enough of this soul-searching. What would be, would be. She could only do what she thought was right.