Quotes About Integrity

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

È sempre più facile combattere per i propri principi che seguirli.

The moral high ground to which I aspired had turned into a slippery slope.

What real man of letters that ever ventured into the arid and somewhat vulgar domain of Party-politics has not felt the same feeling of revulsion, the same longing for the water-brooks?

There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a time, and who prefer to concentrate on one man: These are the faithful women.

He swore to all the world and to himself that he would remain decent. And as long as he had money, he remained decent. But then he ran out of money, which was a moment he had been waiting for, to show them all what he was made of.

Skurken är naturligtvis mer syndig, men dessa hedervärda utan hederskänsla är, om ni så vill, värda ett större förakt.

One must not trifle with love.

As a leader, you must choose wisely with whom you will socialize. Friendship with a subordinate or congregant can be a blessing or a trap fraught with dangers.

To determine whether you are truly thriving, you must also consider your eulogy virtues—the virtues others will extol at your funeral. These are the character traits at your core, the deep internal part of you where it's not always comfortable to look for any length of time.

Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people.

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.

I have never used my office for anything other than the purpose in which I hold it - to represent the people who sent me to Washington.

Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

My record proves that I don't make political or public-service decisions based on what typical folks in Washington do, which is, 'What's going to get me past the next election, or what's best for my career?'

People should not be paid to go to Washington and not do their job. When they don't show up, why should we pay them?

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.

I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors.

I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.