Quotes About Integrity

It has been said that all things of great value are eventually counterfeited and misrepresented, and the prophet is no exception.

Come work for me, and I'll tell you." My eyes went to his. "You are a thief, a cheat, a murderer, and a not-nice man," I said calmly. "I don't like you." He shrugged, the motion making him look utterly harmless. "I'm not a thief," he said. "And I don't mind manipulating you into working for me when I need it." He smiled, showing me perfect teeth. "I enjoy it, actually.

Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself

You can trust me to keep my word. I always keep my word, promises or threats.

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I'll kill him for you." From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel)

There is black. There is white. Gray is a cowardly excuse to mix our wants with our needs.

Was using "dead-man's-toe" morally okay if the man's relatives had knowingly sold him for parts?

Okay, I like him," I admitted. "But it takes more than a nice body, Jenks. Jeez, I do have a little depth. You've got a great body, and you don't see me trying to get into your Fruit of the Looms.

Not everything was legal, but nothing was immoral, and that was my guide these days.

Great power does not corrupt a person, it only brings their true self into the light

You need someone a little dirty, honey, with a heart of gold.

Power doesn't corrupt. Power brings what we are to the top, is all," I said, thinking of all the ugly I had fought against. "Be it good or bad.

You need someone a little dirty, honey, with a heart of gold," she whispered in my ear as she patted my back. "I don't think you're going to find it in this century. We don't make honest men who are that strong in their convictions anymore. Society seems to just…twist them bad.

Living a lie tore at one's being and leaked out in the oddest of places.

That he was being forthright meant more to me than his ugly past.

Good rice sticks together

He fears me because he is small. I will not meet him there. I will not shrink myself down to his size, or anyone else's, for their comfort. For their appeasement. -Cackle by Kim Harrison

Never hide who you are

He fears me because he is small. I will not meet him there. I will not shrink myself down to his size, or anyone else's, for their comfort. For their appeasement. -Cackle by Kim Harrsion

Uncle Austin used to say that when men set out to destroy each other, the first victim was always the same: truth.

It is easy to live multiple lives! What is hard is to be a whole person

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

If you don't act on it, it wasn't a true feeling

It was important to get things right, especially if you were going to make sayings out of them.