Quotes About Integrity

Daddy's the only man I know," he said softly, "who cares as much about giving his word to a black as to a white.

I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal.

You want to know how moral she is?" His tone made me frown. "What do you mean?" "If she chases me any harder, she and I will wind up playing a scene from that Bible she reads. The scene between Potiphar's wife and Joseph.

I'm no good at denial and self-deception.

I wonder what you have to do to become a cop. I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal.

I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal. What did it used to be to make people Bankole's age want to trust it. I know what the old books say, but still, I wonder.

I told as much of the truth as I could.

There are easier ways to say these things," it admitted. "But some things shouldn't be said easily.

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.

He said politicians turned his stomach.

A biological conscience is better than no conscience at all.

Any person who hurts Nami-san's feelings I won't let them live peacefully. -Sanji

The only certain means is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.

There's nothing that keeps it's youth So far as I know, but a tree and the truth

Socrates woke to the ideal of dispassionate intelligence, Jesus to the ideal of passionate yet self-oblivious worship. Socrates urged intellectual integrity, Jesus integrity of will. Each, of course, though starting with a different emphasis, involved the other.

Heidi Well, do you want me to be honest or do you want me to tell you this is the first time

Things happen. The only thing that matters is how we deal with the now. Either we face the difficult moral decisions with ever-stronger responses, or we do not. This is what separates the mensch from the asshole. Full stop.

This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.

They had found the courage to reject a life which no longer merited the name.

Toda mirada por encima del hombro puede adulterar los inocentes escenarios

That's what I dislike most of all in people—cold irony. It's a very cowardly attitude to mock or belittle everything, never be committed to anything, not feel tied to anything.

Ühel õhtul, kui tõime terrassilt sisse tühjad teetassid ja torditaldrikud, ütles Marta, et inimese kõige tähtsam ülesanne on päästa seda, mis on lagunemas, aga mitte uute asjade loomine.

It's a very cowardly attitude to mock or belittle everything, never be committed to anything, not feel tied to anything. Like an impotent man who can't experience pleasure himself, but will do all he can to ruin it for others.