Quotes About Integrity

I never want to make screw-you money like the rest of the financial services industry.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

People can disagree politically and philosophically on all the issues that confront our nation, but if more of our elected officials had served in causes other than their own advancement, I believe they would approach their jobs with less certainty in their own assumptions and more sympathy for the needs of others.

Make no mistake: We are being tested. Without a vibrant, fearless free press, our great American experiment may fail.

Patriotism would require standing up to what I had seen, not standing alongside it in silence.

George Washington, in his famous Farewell Address, warned future generations "to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

This is the embodiment of heroic citizenship, a commitment to each other and to fixing problems. It is seeking solutions and not praise, progress and not personal aggrandizement. It is doing what is right for the sake of right.

Looking back, the only ones who really paid for Abu Ghraib were the enlisted personnel, who were following orders, and General Taguba, who brought the problem to light.

People who spend most of their time putting out fires are usually also the arsonists.

There was just something about the guy, the way he struggled with his faith, yearned to do the right thing in spire of the flaws that got in his way, that made her want to kiss him again~ Shelby Arroyo

Who cares, anymore? Nobody believes anything politicians say. It's not like they're working for us, all they do after they get into office is run for reelection. Money, money, money, that's all it's about.

When you betrayed someone, you didn't just betray them, you betrayed your families, your community, an entire way of life.

You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. But you can't fool a horse.

Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

Morninghall was not such an evil man after all. A baffling one, yes. A potentially violent one, yes. An arrogant, intimidating, enigmatic, moody one, yes. But not evil. No man who took pity on a suffering child was evil.

I wish to marry you, Maeve, because I'm an honorable man. I wish to marry you because you are everything I ever wanted in a woman. It has nothing to do with ownership, I wish to marry you because, dammit, I love you!

I don't want to give up anymore. I want to be strong and stand for what I think even in the face of those most spiteful.

Nepotism is the lowest and least imaginative form of corruption.

Are you a politician? I hate politicians, he said. And, in any case, there's no such thing anymore: only sycophants and dissidents.

To feel successful, you must be able to be honest about the things that are really important to you.

Leadership is not about doing what's popular, it is about doing what's right

In my spiritual and academic journeys, I have learned that it is imperative for Christians to pursue truth at all costs.