Quotes About Integrity

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

Weakness of attitude become weakness of character.

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.

We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign people. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing if higher value than truth itself

State power has not only been thus concentrated at Washington, but it has been so far concentrated into the hands of the Executive that the existing regime is a regime of personal government. It is nominally republican, but actually monocratic; a curious anomaly, but highly characteristic of a people little gifted with intellectual integrity.

Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.

Vernunft und Herz müssen miteinander wirken, wenn eine wahre Sittlichkeit zustande kommen soll.

A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.

being in a position to know and nevertheless shunning knowledge creates direct responsibility for the consequences...

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

Alguien puede estar mal, pero eso no implica hacer el mal.

Wine, dear boy, and truth.

To keep every cog and every wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, the stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

To those who know the speech of hills and rivers straightening a stream is like shipping vagrants—a very successful method of passing trouble from one place to the next. It solves nothing in any collective sense.