Quotes About Integrity

Individuals create themselves through their moral choices. By freely and repeatedly choosing certain sorts of things, an individual shapes their character, and through their character their future.

To be honest and to be fair were not always the same thing.

The end justifies the means?" He raised his eyebrows and laughed. "Now that's different. That kind of thinking gets a man into trouble. There are some means that no end will ever justify. But fighting dirty, occasionally, is no bad thing. Neither's breaking the rules. Provided you remember one thing." "Which is?" "You have to understand the rules in the first place if you're going to break them.

I dislike secrecy intensely... It is deceit, and it deserves no place among the honest and honourable doctrines of Fair War. Secrets are volatile and unstable. They are never stored safely. When they emerge, the mere fact of them can damage the friends and brothers around us.' - Primarch Dorn

I am sorry, Chapter Master,' said Attias, chastened. 'I meant no offence.' 'You caused none,' said Hadariel. 'You simply asked a question, and there is no harm in that. If ever a time comes when the Dark Angels see reason to avoid questions, we will have lost our souls.

Our ideal self is revealed in what we value (passion), how we understand the world (belief), and what we do to reach our ideal (behavior). Our passion, belief, and behavior fit together so intimately that I can say this with confidence: • What we do is what we really value.

We are not to work on the Sabbath because it takes us out of the play of joy. It is as bizarre as making love to your spouse, but getting out of bed during the process to cut your lawn or wash dishes. Such an offense would do far more than spoil the mood; it would be a direct assault on the integrity of joy, announcing that a mundane chore is more pleasurable than sexual joy with your spouse.

People should be judged by their actions, not their beliefs. Actions speak louder than faith.

If the cause is worthy the cost is irrelevant!

There is a way to speak the truth in love, treating people with respect. But if being liked is the goal of the preacher, the speech is more likely to be grandstanding than world-shaking.

Truth is important, but truth at the cost of loving relationships is not Christianity. And relationships that ignore truth will lose integrity sooner or later.

I don't think anyone wants to write a book that people don't like, but you have to write the book you want to write. You have to be true to yourself and hope that people will respond to that.

In my humdrum life, the daily battle hasn't been good versus evil. It's hardly so epic. Most days, my real battle is doing good versus doing nothing. In going

them. Their commitment to doing a good job and their belief that their work was a reflection of their character stuck with me throughout my professional career.

It's not caring if others think what I'm doing is stupid or foolish. It is about being honest with myself and doing what makes me happy and not bowing to outside pressures.

To see what must be done and not to do it, is a crime.

My own daughter a streetwalker! If you have any consideration for your parents at all you'll do the only decent thing. What's that? You'll leave this house and not come back until you're a virgin.

They will skew. They will skim. They will downgrade. In the mindless pursuit of "hitting the numbers," people will do anything that's legal without the slightest remorse—even if it grossly violates the spirit of the mission—and they will find ways to look more favorably upon what's illegal. All of us won't stoop to this behavior all the time. But most of us will some of the time.

When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it. - Ty Cobb

Use discipline to build character and conscience, not enemies.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans."  -- Peter Drucker

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." — Jonathan Swift

Henry Ford said, "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."3