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Quotes About Integrity

It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times.
~ John Steinbeck
It's the lie I'm thinking of. It might infect everything. If they ever found out you'd lied to them about this, the true things would suffer. They wouldn't believe anything then." "Yes, I see. But what can I tell them? I couldn't tell them the whole truth." "Maybe you can tell them a part truth, enough so that you won't suffer if they find out.
~ John Steinbeck
The law was designed to save, not to destroy
~ John Steinbeck
Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.
~ John Steinbeck
I can do anything when my will is clean and straight. Anything.
~ John Steinbeck
Lee's voice said, "I know that sometimes a lie is used in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.
~ John Steinbeck
devil. And this was a shame, for Samuel was a laughing man, but I guess Samuel was wide open to the devil.
~ John Steinbeck
İnan?lmayan bir doÄŸru adama bir yalandan çok daha fazla zarar verebilir. Zaman?m?z?n kabullenemeyeceÄŸi bir doÄŸruyu desteklemek büyük cesaret gerektirir. Bir cezas? vard?r, genellikle de çarm?ha gerilmektir bu ceza.
~ John Steinbeck
You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.
~ John Steinbeck
Thank you for wanting to honor me with the truth, my son. It's not clever but it's more permanent.
~ John Steinbeck
You cannot cut the ground from under a man and expect him to act normally.
~ John Steinbeck
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
~ John Stuart Mill
Part of being human is being on the verge of disgrace.
~ John Updike
With his white collar he forges god's name on every word he speaks
~ John Updike
What's beauty if it's not, in the end, true? Beauty is truth, and truth is beauty.
~ John Updike
be what you are. Don't try to be Sally or Johnny or Fred next door; be yourself.
~ John Updike
Fear is not a sin in the taiga, but cow­ardice is [..].
~ John Vaillant
If your partner tells you about getting angry at a coworker and biting that person's head off, then you ought to wonder when that same attitude will be aimed at you.
~ Unknown
The Golden Rule remains the best guidance in these matters," said Picard. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
~ Unknown
We can prove that most Americans don't believe in pushing people around, even when we happen to be on top.
~ Unknown
Wipe your mouth, there's still a tiny bit of bullshit around your lips.
~ John Wagner
I`d love to sell out completely. It`s just that nobody has been willing to buy.
~ John Waters
If you just broke up with someone, be sad; if you just ran over somebody drunk driving, feel depressed. You shouldn't take a pill that makes you feel okay about terrible things.
~ John Waters
Oh, that second bottle, Harry, is the sincerest, wisest, & most impartial downright friend we have, tells us truth of ourselves & forces us to speak truths of others, banishes flattery from our tongues and distrust from our hearts, sets us above the mean policy of court prudence which makes us lie to one another all day for fear of being betrayed by each other at night.
~ Unknown