Quotes About Integrity

Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.

To realise the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilised man from a barbarian.

Unless there is some point at which you are prepared to fight against whatever odds, and whatever the threat may be, not merely to yourself, but to anybody, all principles become flexible, all codes melt, and all ends in themselves for which we live disappear.

Sometimes, honesty really wasn't the best policy. Or, at least, it wasn't the kindest policy.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them.

The wise men and men of noble character in the past who were wealthy and exalted were rare. From time to time there were men who received high rank and large stipends, but they did not pursue such things themselves; because the genius and virtues of these men were not hidden, they were promoted by their superiors, and thus only received these things unavoidably. But because they were not always in tune with the minds of men of little caliber, many of them were slandered and driven away.

He who knows little quickly tells it.

Never let people see the bottom of your purse or of your mind.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There can be no love if one does not remain oneself with all one's strength.

sólo intentaba hacer bien lo que le parecía bien hacer,

Yalan, sözlerde de?il ?eylerdedir.

Non ci può essere amore se non si è se stessi con tutte le proprie forze.

No puede haber amor si no se es uno mismo con todas sus fuerzas.

Solo essendo così spietatamente se stesso come fu fino alla morte, poteva dare qualcosa a tutti gli uomini.

Le donne oneste erano quelle che sapevano trovare l'acquirente al prezzo più alto, erano quelle che non consentivano all'amore che quando ci trovavano il loro tornaconto.

L'amore sano è quello che abbraccia una donna sola e intera, compreso il suo carattere e la sua intelligenza.

If you do ever decide to go on testosterone, build yourself into a good man. The last thing the world needs is another misogynist prick.

Bob" can handle the aliens, but we must police ourselves.

What a brave man she was, and what a good woman.

Act the way you want to be and soon you will be the way you act.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.