Quotes About Integrity

Man abides in truth. As one prizes truth, so one cherishes oneself. Whoever betrays truth, betrays himself. We speak not of lies here, but rather of acts against convictions.

Virtue is what happens when wise and courageous choices have become second nature

you are not praise by what you eat but by what you do

If one knows but does not act accordingly, one knows imperfectly'.

One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.

There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other.

Take it from me—he's got the goods.

Any man who has got himself set over others and don't have any responsibility to something bigger than him is a son of a bitch.

Is not the semblance of guilt, however slight the tinge, already a corruption?

Cussing your daddy when he is crippled so he can't beat your teeth down your throat for it. Well, it is sire and dam in a man like a horse, and no way to get yourself a boy without there is half woman in him.

You have been going on about pride like it was a bad thing, and I disagree with you. A man's pride is about the only thing he has that's worth having, and is what sets him apart from the pack. We have argued this before, Judge, and I guess I will say this time that a man that doesn't have it is a pretty poor specimen and apt to take to whisky for the lack. For all whisky is, is pride you can pour in your belly.

Mesele ç?kmas?n diye elinizden geleni yap?yorsunuz!??te bu ikiyüzlülü?ünüze dayanam?yorum!

Kendimize isimler vermeyelim, yapt???m?z i?lerle varolal?m, bunun d???nda kalan bütün sahte unvanlar?, kurumlar?, insan?n kendini üstün bir ?ey saymas?na yolaçan düzenleri yok sayal?m...

Benim d???mda kimseye de öfkesini belli etmezdi. 'Bütün kötülü?ün bana' diye tak?l?rd?m. 'Anlam?yorsun Esat a?abey,' derdi. 'Onlar? öfkeme lay?k bulmuyorum. Öfkem bana ait bir ?ey. Yak?n hissetmedi?im birine nas?l gösteririm onu. Onlara da size davrand???m gibi davranm?? olurum. As?l o zaman kötülük etmi? olurum size.

?nsan hayat?nda bir ki?iye olsun yalan söylememeli. De?il mi efendim?

belki de ak?l hastas?d?r akl?m?z? korumak hiç etkilenmemek gerekir sa?lam insan yolda sa??na soluna bakmadan dosdo?ru yürüyen adamd?r...

I'm man enough to know when to scream.

Si infâmes que soient les canailles, elles ne le sont jamais autant que les honnêtes gens.

She means the devil with people who say you're anything but what you are.

Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery. I

She means it doesn't come off, Dana... The black. She means the devil with people who say you're anything but what you are.

In small communities, she believed, people are more accountable to one another. Serious misbehavior is harder to get away with, harder even to begin when everyone who sees you knows who you are, where you live, who your family is, and whether you have any business doing what you're doing.

Stumbling across the truth isn't the same as making things up.

To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.