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Quotes About Integrity

For nothing can be sole or whole. That has not been rent.
~ William Butler Yeats
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.
~ William Carleton
THE THOUGHTFUL LOVER Deny yourself all half things. Have it or leave it. But it will keep—or it is not worth the having. Never start anything you can't finish— However do not lose faith because you are starved! She loves you she says. Believe it —tomorrow. But today the particulars of poetry that difficult art require your whole attention.
~ William Carlos Williams
Unfortunately, some Christians don't look much different from non-Christian coworkers. They talk the same, have the same work habits, compromise on the same issues, and entertain themselves in the same ways as those who have never met God personally. In some cases, the only difference between Christians and non-Christians is where they spend an hour or son on Sunday morning.
~ William Carr Peel
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
~ William Cobbett
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
~ William Cobbett
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
~ William Congreve
He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.
~ William Congreve
Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade.
~ William Cowper
The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.
~ William Cowper
An honest man, close-button'd to the chin,Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within.
~ William Cowper
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one...
~ William Cowper
Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life.
~ William Cowper
I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.
~ William Dean Howells
Once you decide to do right, life is easy, there are no distractions.
~ William Edgar Stafford
No evil is intolerable but a guilty conscience.
~ William Ellery Channing
The great hope of society is in individual character.
~ William Ellery Channing
To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth ought not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.
~ William Ellery Channing
Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.
~ William Ernest Hocking
What is morally wrong cannot be politically right.
~ William Ewart Gladstone
He is the purest figure in history. -- About George Washington
~ William Ewart Gladstone
Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.
~ William Ewart Gladstone
I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
~ William F. Buckley Jr.
You men! Cowards. Every one of you cowards.
~ William F. Nolan