Quotes About Integrity

I think you've never quite altogether forgiven yourself for that woman in Los Angeles all that time ago." "Candy Sloan," I said. Susan nodded. "Only time I ever cheated on you," I said. "Makes it that much worse, doesn't it?" Susan said. "I'm not sure it makes any difference," I said. Susan smiled the smile she used when she knew I was wrong but planned to let me get away with it.

E.M. Forster, who said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying his friend, he hoped he'd have the courage to betray his country.

I do the best I can to approve and disapprove only of my own behavior. I don't always succeed, but I try. I'm trying now and I'm going to keep at it.

it's better to be what I am than to be failing at what I am not.

How about, you never act like a jerk when you're working," Jenn said. Jesse nodded. "It's why I work," he said.

Heavens," I said. "Integrity?" "One finds it in the most unlikely places," Frampton said. "Even, now and then, in law firms." "I'm heartened," I said.

What I must do concerns me, not what people think.' 

A pig is a pig," she said. "Whether he's public or private, he works for the same people." "Next time you're in trouble," I said, "call a hippie.

Robert B. Parker

We don't ask other teachers about their sexual habits.

He owes us more then that.

You do the best you can, as decently as you can, and you accept the consequences.

I have been unable to save much money in my life. I have been in politics, and in politics an honest man does not get rich. -Sam Rayburn (whose savings at his death totaled $15,000)

The most important speaks to the issue of character and integrity, traits noted in many of his ERs. He was more concerned with the welfare of his men than with his own advancement, a rare trait in the Air Force and a sign of a great leader.

It was also he who said of Day, "He is, by nature, incapable of allowing injustice to go unchallenged.

That frail and stooped old man is Bud Day. That is Misty 1.

You're not telling us that these promises were not made; you're just saying they don't have to be kept?

Krulak had done the right thing, but there is often a price to pay for doing the right thing.

Every leader who wants to make significant change needs a "resident son of a bitch" who can make hard decisions without regard to rank or personality.

Cole stared at the Pinocchio clock, then a small ceramic figurine of Jiminy Cricket a client had given him. Let your conscience be your guide. Everyone needed a Jiminy.

She said, "Oh, Studly." I could see her smile. "The law is not about justice. You know that.

Pike and his guys were hard-core professionals. Combat discipline was sacrosanct.

I asked people about you, and those people said if you were looking for a guy, then you probably found him. I just can't figure why you won't come clean." "Maybe they're wrong." He nodded. "Could be." "But maybe I just don't like being muscled, so I'm being petulant.

Truly said, "We've talked to people, Mr. Cole. You've an outstanding reputation for diligence, and your integrity is above reproach.