Quotes About Integrity

He couldn't die by degrees in a life like that, didn't think he could do it even for a few days, a revulsion that probably sprang from the same part of his character as the violence he'd come to live by.

there was no truth that couldn't be told.

When had doing the right thing stopped being the automatic option and become something that had to be worked at instead?

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

??ng ch? trích mái nhà hàng xóm nhi?u tuy?t trong khi cá»­a nhà mình không s?ch.

Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

When you kill a man, you steal a life, Baba said. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see?

Hassan returned the smile. Except his didn't look forced. And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too

you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took courage. for that, i honor you.

Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.

People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.

That's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does.

When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

You don't order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them 'sister' the next.

Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. Thank you but I don't want, Baba said. I work always. In Afghanistan I work, in America I work. Thank you very much, Mrs. Dobbins, but I don't like it free money....Baba walked out of the welfare office like a man cured of a tumor.

Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

Mamà believed in loyalty above all, even at the cost of self-denial. She also believed it was always best to tell the truth, to tell it plainly, without fanfare, and the more disagreeable the truth, the sooner you had to tell it.

That's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth.

there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is variation of theft.

Kalau kau membunuh seorang pria kau mencuri kehidupannya. Kau mencuri seorang suami dari istrinya, merampok seorang ayah dari anak-anaknya. Kalau kau menipu, kau mencuri hak seseorang untuk mendapatkan kebenaran. Kalau kau berbuat curang, kau mencuri hak seseorang untuk mendapatkan keadilan.

That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that.

Es ist besser von der Wahrheit verletzt als mit einer Lüge getröstet zu werden.