Quotes About Integrity

The man who cannot blush, and who has no feelings of fear, has reached the acme of impudence.

All men have in themselves that which is truly honorable. Only they do not think of it.

Sincerity is the way of Heaven.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

The superior man will not manifest either narrow-mindedness or the want of self-respect.

From the feelings proper to it, [man's nature] is constituted for the practice of what is good.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute, he simply speaks and does what is right.

The great man is he who does not loose his child's heart.

Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.

Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.

He who cannot bear the loss of his own honour and reputation will never advance in spiritual life". São Filipe Néri, em "St. Philip Neri: Apostle of Rome", de Meriol Trevor.

Never judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad actions or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back to his conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Ne želimo svjedoka za naše slabosti, a ako ih pred nekim krijemo, zašto bismo ga nazivali prijateljem?

As gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity.

He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.

So at this moment Judd felt eternal solitude coming upon him. The dignity, the consistency, of the deed had been broken; they were no longer wilful gods, but caught boys squirming to throw blame, and he wanted only to detach himself so he might at least retain his own idea of integrity.

do things because you think it's right not because others do.

Cada um de nós foi uma mentira, mas nós os dois fomos verdade.

A melhor maneira de mentir é ficar calado.

Homem que baba não morde.

A cinza resta, inteira, no extremo do cigarro aceso. É como se Bartolomeu Sozinho quisesse recolher, intacto, o tempo já consumido.