Quotes About Integrity

Michael is easier to understand—he had to believe in Caroline. To betray a friend was despicable—to acknowledge that he had done so for a woman who was utterly unworthy

That is the definition of true courage," the teacher said quietly. "Being frightened, yet still doing what is right.

It's a poor sort of man who will kick his own dog." "Don't worry about it. It's pretty clear that you're forgiven.

told me, a lord, no less.

The cue allows more flexibility and control. But I imagine you'll prefer the mace—it's more moral." Clare's dark brows arched. "How can one piece of wood be more moral than another?

But she had never known that a man could want a woman and not take her because he did care. There was something very fragile and precious in the idea, though she didn't really understand it. Maybe someday she would.

If you lie to your husband - even about something so banal as how much you drink - each lie is a brick in a wall going up between you, and when he tells you he loves you, it's deflected away.

Never trust a man who hollers at the help

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Let us forever forget that every station in life is necessarily that each deserves our respect; that not the station itself; but the worthy fulfillment of its duties does honor the man.

Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.

Level with you child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.

Every word she [Lillian Hellman] writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

He would have been far more attractive to her if she could have trusted him. You could not love a man who was always playing hide-and-seek with you; that was the lesson she had learned.

Men who really love their wives don't cheat on them.

Grow up, Brett baby, I would share a lot of things with a lot of people, money, clothes, bed and board, even my last crust I'd be willing to share, but one thing I won't share is a man. You'd better believe it.

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.

If the vision of perceived integrity isn't refreshed regularly, the engineers have a tendency to get lost in the technical details and forget the customer values.

The living need the truth, before rumor pollutes it.

Friendship is perfect when virtuous men love the good in one another; for virtue gives more delight than beauty, and is untouched by time.

One exercises to be a whole man, not a creature bred like a plough-ox to do one thing.

He was like a fine olive tree, which when its roots are checked one way will put them out another. Summer or winter, storm or calm, his soul sought justice and the end of wrong.

Metà dei guai del mondo sono causati da uomini non allenati a risentirsi per una affermazione fallace come per un insulto.

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.