Quotes About Integrity

Trebuie s? faci întotdeauna ceva. Când crezi cu adev?rat în ceva, trebuie s? acÈ›ionezi. A te mulÈ›umi s? vorbeÈ™ti despre acÈ›iune este ca È™i cum te-ai l?uda dinainte cu tablourile pe care ai de gând s? le pictezi. E de cel mai îngrozitor prost gust.

Iubesc cinstea, È™i libertatea, È™i generozitatea. Iubesc capacitatea de a face ceva, de a crea. Îmi place s? m? implic din plin. Iubesc tot ce nu este static È™i îi ur?sc pe toÈ›i cei care se mulÈ›umesc s? stea de o parte È™i s? ptiveasc?, s? plagieze, pe cei a c?ror inim? a murit înaintea trupului.

Asta a fost tragedia. Nu c? un om a avut curajul de a fi tic?los, dar c? milioane de oameni nu au avut curajul de a fi buni.

The definition of integrity is this: Being what I say I am by acting in accordance with my words.

Humility is the cornerstone of leadership.

I hate the man who builds his name; On ruins of another's fame

money is made for the free-hearted and generous, and where is the injury of taking from another, what he hath not the heart to make use of?

Also, I'm not going to be devastated or anything either way. I'm not that kind of person. I just think if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I—" she says, but then I hold up my finger, because I need to hear the thing she just said, and she talks too fast for me to keep up. I keep holding up my hand, thinking if you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true.

I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing. If you don't get caught, then you haven't violated any ethics.

The theory was simple: If a man had enough sense to accumulate a bunch of cash, then he would certainly make a worthy U.S senator.

What would his friends think? The Honorable Hatlee Beech, federal judge, writing prose like a faggot, extorting money out of innocent people.

As in any war, the truth is the first casualty.

I thought they were honest.' 'They are, but they're bankers, remember.

It takes just one, he says over and over. You hear that all the time in this business. One big case, and you can retire. That's one reason lawyers do so many sleazy things, like full-color ads in the yellow pages, and billboards, and placards on city buses, and telephone solicitation. You hold your nose, ignore the stench of what you're doing, ignore the snubs and snobbery of big-firm lawyers, because it takes only one.

A lawyer had to be himself in the courtroom, and if he was afraid, so be it. The jurors were afraid too. Make friends with fear, Lucien always said, because it will not go away, and it will destroy you if left uncontrolled.

Meanness does not inspire loyalty.

Those pricks down at the Rotary Club and the church and the coffee shop will not make you a lawyer and will not make you a dime." And, "To be a real lawyer, first you grow a thick skin, and second you tell everybody but your clients to go to hell." And, "A real lawyer is not afraid of unpopular cases.

if a defense lawyer is caught cheating, he or she gets nailed with sanctions by the court, reprimanded by the state bar association, maybe even indicted. If a prosecutor gets caught cheating, he either gets reelected or elevated to the bench.

If a prosecutor gets caught cheating, he either gets reelected or elevated to the bench. Our system never holds a bad prosecutor accountable.

Deck has reduced the Canons of Ethics to the Big Three: Fight for your client, don't steal, try not to lie.

deal with self-righteous prosecutors who lie, cheat, stonewall, cover up, ignore ethics, and do whatever it takes to get a conviction, even when they know the truth and the truth tells them they are wrong.

Hearing the truth is like grabbing smoke in our family

You don't do it for the money. You do it for your soul.