Quotes About Integrity

True honor does not crave recognition, as true wisdom craves not publicity. The great heroes and the great men of wisdom walk silently through the bypaths of mankind.

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

True leaders are those who can offer appropriate advice based on their own rich experience, not people who just give orders and are all words and no substance. Leaders are first people of action who lead by personal example. They are not people who merely occupy some status or position. Leaders are people of hard work, not people of tactics and maneuvering. Above all, they are not authoritarians.

The world's repeatedly saved by people whether right or wrong just goddammit not wanting to get into it.

The point is, don't lie about who you are, Sloan. Own it in all its sordid, live, loud, and proud way. It might not be what everyone labels correct, especially the women in your life, but at least it's honest.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.

Why should your conscience be any more reliable than your rotting teeth or your quite special defect of eyesight?

can't remember the third! "In Defense of Rash Vows" was so appropriate. Susan and I had exchanged our marriage vows less than five months before. Chesterton wrote: "The man who makes a vow makes an appointment with himself at some distant time or place. The danger of it is that he may not keep the appointment.

In short, our journalists do not realise that the human race has any respect for coherency of mind. It is not strange that their world has also lost all respect for that other sort of coherency which was called integrity.

No matter what happens, always be yourself.

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy.

Never be a hypocrite in language or action. Core values are those your children will come to see as the true morality. And with them, and your guidance, your children will respect you, and you will respect yourself.

If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.

Children," Mrs. Oakenfeld sighed. "I do not want you to be good to avoid being punished. I do not want you to be good so that you can receive rewards. I want you to be good," she stressed, "because it is the right thing to do. You are very formidable adversaries, but don't you see that when you work against eachother, you just cancel eachother out?

If you wish to marry well, inquire well.

We must not only do what is right. We must act for the right reasons. The modern term is good motive. The scriptures often signify this appropriate mental attitude with the words full purpose of heart or real intent. The scriptures make clear that God understands our motives and will judge our actions accordingly.

Neither of them had any particular longing for material wealth except as it would aid them in this life's work of parental responsibility. In their eyes it was far more important that each of their children grow up to be noted for honesty and integrity than that any one of them should make a mark in the world. Both worked unceasingly all the days of their lives and taught their children to love work." 4

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

But whose idea of decency? And decency for who? Speak up and tell us what decency is. Tell us how much better a decent dead man feels than an indecent live one.

People said he was a dope fiend and that sometime he would get dangerous. But he never did and he made the best hamburgers anyone ever ate.

I've learned over the years that sooner or later a person's physical appearance comes to resemble whatever is in their heart.