Quotes About Integrity

First, I want your solemn oath not even to talk in your sleep about this job. If my simple word is not good, is my oath better?

It is by no means enough that an officer should be capable. . . . He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. . . . No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.

I don't know. I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth—then shut up. It

When will I learn? Had Boss wished to disclose the method, he would have told me. "Careless slips sink ships." Not around Boss.)

Do You Have a PROBLEM? Nothing is illegal—it isn't what you do; it's the way that you do it.

government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!

Ahlakç? dediÄŸin kendi k?staslar?n? evrensel kanunlar zanneden kiÅŸidir. Sen bu yayg?n kötülükten neredeyse tümüyle uzaks?n.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.

I hadn't been surprised when he kicked over his career to stand up for what he felt was right. Real officers did that.

I could not live at home until it was all paid because I had to keep my job to meet those monthly payments. For what, then? Not for sex. As I told Captain Torrney, sex is everywhere; it's silly to pay for it. For the privilege of getting my hands into soapy dishwater, I guess. For the privilege of rolling around on the floor and being peed on by puppies and babies only nominally housebroken.

That was Heinlein in a nutshell: the responsible human being, the competent human being, the human being who knows how to die gallantly when faced with the Birkenhead drill. Not because it's heroic, but because

Surely where a man lives is the least important thing about him.

that "pusillanimous Presbyterian parson" in the White House. "'Too proud to fight'! What sort of talk is that? It requires pride in order to fight. A coward slinks away with his tail between his legs. Brian, we need Teddy Roosevelt back in there!

v naÅ¡em systému je každý voli? a úÃ…â"¢edník ?lovÄ›k, který prokázal dobrovolnou a t?žkou službou, že klade dobro skupiny nad osobní výhody.

If you're going to be businessmen, don't confuse the vocation with larceny.

A man who bets on greed and dishonesty won't be wrong too often.

Minerva, if I sell a horse, I won't guarantee that it has a leg on each corner; the buyer must count them himself.

I knew the deeper meaning of "better death than dishonor"—I knew now why Roman matrons said, "With your shield or on it.

People treat me nice, I treat them nice. If they don't, I walk away. I don't worry much.

Won't discuss bookkeeping this firm used. Since Mike ran everything, was not corrupted by any tinge of honesty.

Being overwhelmed by something other than one's true self. This is weakness and incompetence in a man.

The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.

Confucius (as the barbarians call him) also taught that, "When the government is honest, the people will learn honesty by example; when the government is crooked, the people will learn to be thieves also.

The obedient always think about themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly.