Quotes About Integrity

Lord God, you deserve my best. Forgive me for the times I have offered you only the dregs, whether it be half-heartedly muttered prayers or only the money I know I can do without. Help me to remember that there is no better resting place for my heart and indeed all my possessions than with you. Help me to trust and obey you more each day. In your name I pray. Amen.

You see, by dint of will people can make a good showing for a time, but sooner or later there will come that unguarded moment when the "careless word" will slip out to reveal the true condition of the heart.

If we are full of compassion, it will be revealed; if we are full of bitterness, that also will be revealed. It

Watch, for example, how much of our speech is aimed at justifying our actions. We find it almost impossible to act and allow the act to speak for itself.

A Christian's speech should bless, not berate or abuse. The tongue betrays the world that is in one's heart; it is a microcosm of the inner self.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Keep in mind that right and wrong are not matters of opinion. They are principles we must discover and apply. They are laws of biology for intelligent species

Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

There are some arenas so corrupt that the only clean acts possible are nihilistic.

You have to burn beliefs when they become convenient lies solely for the purpose of gaining and holding power.

I don't believe in conspiracies. Guys will say anything to get laid.

There are Hellions down there with more honor than half the humans I meet.

Un gerente liberador debe ser por completo honesto con su gente; debe apoyarla, ser amistoso y también muy exigente.

I don't much like it when people commit unsavory acts and try to shift the blame onto me.

Our country needs more tough critics like you who don't just swallow the hype like everyone else. So many writers might as well be on the payroll — be it entertainment industry or government.

Once you've caught a glimpse of the cosmos through the back doors of your church, it doesn't seem like such a big deal to suggest to a sweet young couple that they quit sleeping with other people.

Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you. Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.

The hero can never be a relativist.

Gentlemen did not always live up to their ideal, but the existence of an ideal is a matter of supreme importance.