Quotes About Integrity

What would God think of her, sitting in this chapel, pretending to be holy? He knew the truth. He knew she was no friend of His.

It is better to give the tree with its fruits than to offer the fruits alone.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.

I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living

Siempre he considerado un acto miserable mendigar la vida como un favor. O se vive como uno desea, o es mejor no seguir viviendo

I never set out to make myself unpopular; I just say what I think, so I sometimes rub people up the wrong way, particularly people who parade their ideals before them like a banner and use them to hide behind. And I will keep on saying what I think. I am not prepared to abandon my self-determined existence for an ideology or an ideal.

The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet.

The highest type of leadership maintains itself by its intrinsic worth, sans panoply, pomp and power. Of course, there are never enough real leaders to go around. Wherefore it becomes necessary to dress some men up and by other artificial means to give them a prestige and a power which they could not win by their own resources.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

Waarom zou hij zich verzetten? Uit morele overwegingen? Kom nu; als je daaraan deed, kon je beter de rest van je leven thuis blijven zitten met dichtgespijkerde ramen en de deur op de grendel - dan had je een kleine kans dat je een fatsoenlijk mens bleef; alleen was er dan niemand die wist hoe fatsoenlijk je was.

Everything that she did or undid, however disparate that looked to an observer with prejudices, was done for what should be done, that is, with courage and without fear of consequences.

If it's true what they say that you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff.

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

It is prudent never to trust those who have deceived us, even if only once.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

there is often not so much perfection in works composed of many pieces and made by the hands of various master craftsmen as there is in those works on which but a single individual has worked.

He cannot be a deceiver, since the light of nature teaches us that fraud and deception necessarily proceed from some defect.

Son olarak yanl?? veya düzmece öÄŸretilere gelince, ne bir simyac?n?n verdiÄŸi sözler, ne bir astroloÄŸun kehanetleri, ne bir sihirbaz?n düzenbazl?klar?, ne de bildiklerinden fazlas?n? bilir görünmeyi meslek edinmiÅŸlerin hileleri ve övüngenlikleri taraf?ndan art?k aldat?lamayacak kadar bunlar?n deÄŸerinin ne olduÄŸunu zaten yeterince bildiÄŸimi düÅŸünüyordum.

You only fight well for causes you yourself have shaped, with which you identify—and burn.

Celui qui vient au monde sans rien troubler, ne mérite ni égards, ni patience.

Authenticity inspires. Just be real

Be careful not to censor yourself to fit a certain situation or group of people. When we start to censor ourselves we can easily censor ourselves right out of our lives.

Follow the truth and you will never get lost."

Make sure your beliefs match who you are: love.