Quotes About Integrity

She taught me I should never do anything in private that I didn't want talked about in public, and cautioned me to not talk in my sleep.

Wilem tapped Simmon's shoulder. "He's telling the truth." Simmon glanced over at him. "Why do you say that?" "He sounds more sincere than that when he lies.

Borrowing from a friend seemed like the simplest option, but I valued my handful of friends too much to risk losing them over money. As my father used to say: "There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.

No demuestres humildad a menos que la sientas.

No me importa que me llamen mentiroso. Lo soy. Soy un mentiroso extraordinario. Pero no soporto que me llamen mentiroso cuando estoy diciendo la verdad.

leader is not a muscle. A leader is a mind.

There are names for people who take advantage of woman who are not in full control of themselves".

Besides which, he was a man who did not let his decisions be made for him by other people, not by a crowd thrown into panic, and certainly not by some anonymous piece of criminal trash.

Ah, qué triste resultaba para un hombre cabal verse obligado a seguir caminos tan sinuosos! ¡Qué triste manchar de aquel modo tan sórdido lo más valioso que el hombree posee, su propio honor!

How awful, that an honest man should feel compelled to travel such crooked paths! How awful, that the most precious thing a man possesses, his own honor, should be sullied by such shabby dealings!

All such advances require only that we live by the principles we claim to espouse but have too long ignored...

How awful, that an honest man should feel compelled to travel such crooked paths!

We're not going to cheat," I said. "Unless we can do so without breaking the rules. Besides

I hope you'll understand if I don't kiss you good night on the first date. I just don't want a reputation as that kind of guy. I mean, if you get the milk for free, you won't buy the cow, and then I won't have my steaks. I love steak, especially barbequed. Let

Doing the right thing causes us to stand taller, dance more often, and step into life with more confidence.

Cheating and lying aren't struggles, they're reasons to break up.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

I thought of something I learned from reading Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz. Crazy Horse believes that he will be victorious in battle, but if he stops to take spoils from the battlefield, he will be defeated. He tattoos lightning bolts on the ears of his horses so the sight of them will remind him of this as he rides. I tried to apply this lesson to the things at hand, careful not to take spoils that were not rightfully mine.

that he was a good boy trying to be bad.

Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises, don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful — be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.

I was no actress; I drew no line between life and art.

If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.

Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.