Quotes About Integrity

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

What power is higher than the power of purity?

Being harmless means being so strong, so empowered, that the idea of showing power through harm is not even a part of your consciousness.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.

You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.

Money and power are not your true rewards. Your name, your principles, your impeccable standards, your virtuous conduct, and remains an influence with others long after you are gone.

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

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

What?" "I said, Are you dangerous?" I wasn't sure I heard her correctly. "Who? me? No, I'm not dangerous at all." "You promise?" "Sure." "All right, then," she said. "You can get in." And that was how I met the unsinkable, irrepressible, wholly undeniable Kikumi Otsugi, a woman who believed in bad men, but not bad dishonest men. I had given her my word of honor that I would not harm her, and she was satisfied.

Marjani has never had a sip of alcohol in her life, but she stinks of beer like a Supreme Court justice in college when she comes back to check on me Saturday nights.

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.