Quotes About Integrity

If what we make comes back to haunt us , to define us and alter us, well, then, hadn't we better be very careful what we create?

We should never let our personal opinions screw up smart business choices.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

I would rather be wrong with Plato than right with such men as these [the Pythagoreans].

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

May the Architect be high-minded; not arrogant, but faithful; Just, and easy to deal with, without avarice; Not let his mind be occupied in receiving gifts, But let him preserve his good name with dignity...

Noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows they to be noble.

If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover, I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't.

When people think the world of you, be careful with them.

I like young people. I think it is time my country does what the Indians of Kingcome are doing. We must return to our own roots, our own safety and integrity, and I think this is the beginning to occur. Our lives depend upon it.

I am yours. If you feed me garbage, I will sing a song of garbage. This is a hymn.