Quotes About Integrity

It's the reward of the business (historian), to look history in the eye & say, 'I know who you are. You can't fool me.

It's the reward of the business, to look history in the eye and say, 'I know who you are. You can't fool me.

Politicians who talk about purity usually end up deciding who is pure and who is not.

I am no more guilty than the so-called God-fearing, according to the tales John brings of those lying with others' wives, beating their children and placing pebbles instead of coins in the collection plate. Yet they condemn us. If this is what it is to be church folk I would rather be cast out.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

And unofficially?

The test of a sword is not its polish but its temper

What do you want for them when they're grown? Surround them with people who are that—the kind of adults you want them to be. Children are such mimics Ã¢â'¬Â¦ if they see honesty and fair dealing and kindness, they will copy that.

Each life deserves its own measure of respect; they are not kindling wood, to be bundled together.

It's possible to like bad people, but liking them doesn't make them good.

that was Evelyn's weakness. She was too kind, and too truthful. Both, I have found, are inconvenient character traits.

But that was Evelyn's weakness. She was too kind, and too truthful. Both, I have found, are inconvenient character traits.

Lotty, who never wanted anything of anybody, but was complete in herself and respected other people's completeness?

In effect, two men - excuse me, two billionaires - turned a United States senator 180 degrees merely by threatening to spend big money. And they did it so brazenly that Senator Moran had to publicly humiliate himself to satisfy the brothers' demand.... My sympathy level for anyone who gives in to this kind of pressure is exactly zero. If my job ever depends on pleasing a couple of billionaires, I'll quit.

If all this seems too tough, then the solution is simple: don't run for office. The American people should never have to worry about whether the decisions made by public officials are driven by public interest or by their own personal finance interest.

I am sick of the girl who cries 'wolf' all the time. Even though not one of those cries was ever a false alarm

I believe there is an integrity to my intolerance...Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?

I don't want anyone feeling sorry for me. About anything. Don't apologize unless you have done something wrong. It is nasty to feel sorry for anyone for any reason because it pushes her away.

Being a good steward of time doesn't start with managing it better. It doesn't begin with being more organized, efficient, and disciplined. These are great virtues. But one can be the most organized person on the planet and still have a heart as cold as steel, locked tight as a heavy file cabinet, a heart that does not really acknowledge the master's rights to all those files.

A responsible man remained unflappable in the face of personal loss. He would wave away an affront...

What you do and what you are is what matters.

I've known Saracens I'd trust before the common run of the crusaders, men honourable, generous and courteous, who would have scorned to haggle and jostle for place and trade as some of our allies did. Meet every man as you find him, for we're all made the same under habit or robe or rags. Some better made than others, and some better cared for, but on the same pattern all

In my measure there's little to choose between two such monarchs, but much to be said for keeping a man's fealty and word.

Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.