Quotes About Integrity

Don't let someone spend money who never earned it.

Hate is not wrong when you hate what is wrong.

I can tell he's a good man who doesn't like his job for all the right reasons. He seemed on the verge of constant indigestion. "If

I've made bad records but I've never made a dishonest record, let's put it that way.

You have to know your product. You have to advocate wholeheartedly for your product. If you take the king's shilling, you must fight the king's wars.

If I've learned anything this trip, it's that you have to take responsibility for what you don't do, as well as what you do.

Great leaders are not always popular.

Character is what you do when no one else is watching.

Some of the great leaders in history were not adored, but respected. My advice to leaders—stop trying to please everyone and do what you believe is best.

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

If you get word that a co-worker is saying things about you behind your back, confront him or her on it. If an evaluation of your work is false and biased, challenge it. Doing nothing will only worsen the damage. Understand that you can't control everything, so pick your spots and stand up for what you know and believe is right. Communicate when there is a miscommunication.

Do the right thing. It's that simple. Do the right thing when the right thing is not popular. Do the right thing when no one else is around. Do the right thing when temptation tells you otherwise. Do the right thing all the time.

If you get mad at someone for being right, they'll second-guess themselves constantly. If you yell at them for telling the truth, they'll just lie next time.

I am Aud Torvingen. Aud, rhymes with crowd.

Being capable of using violence to defend yourself did not make you a bad person. Being dead because you couldn't did not make you a good one.

Here on her own turf she looked different: more whole and competent; denser somehow.

She liked the feel of him. He was clever, but straight-grained. Sound as an oak staff.

Speaking straight felt different. She found she liked it.

Wir sollten uns nur den Dingen widmen, die bei einem Zusammenbruch unversehrt bleiben würden.

Ethical rules vary; honour does not change. A man is noble if he prefers to fail rather than to debase the tools of his triumph.

Only those who never moved a finger to acquire them should talk about money and power.

Nicht nach der Wahrheit zu suchen ist ein Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; doch es ist kein Zeichen der Größe, sie zu finden.

For the trunk of individuality to grow, one must prevent freedom from making the trunk spread out into branches.

Vulgarity consists in striving to be what we are not.