Quotes About Integrity

Every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look for guidance and protection through this world. God has placed this desire in woman's nature. It should be respected by the stronger sex. Any man who takes advantage of this, and humbles a daughter of Eve to rob her of her virtue, and cast her off dishonored and defiled, is her destroyer, and is responsible to God for the deed.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

In the name of Israel's God, if every man would do right, and when he has done what he knows is right, then stops till he knows what next, there never would be a jar in the camp. And I defy the man to come forward that ever led so large a people in such difficult and trying circumstances, in so much peace, as I have led this people during this campaign, with the help of God and my brethren.

He that's ungrateful, has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The Fool or Knave that wears a title, lies.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy.

Saper vivere vuol dire non dimenticare mai queste quattro regole: non dire parole sbagliate, non dormire nel letto sbagliato, non varcare la soglia sbagliata e non infilare la mano nella tasca sbagliata.

Çünkü bu dünyadaki bütün düÅŸüÅŸler, alçal??lar aras?nda en tiksindirici olan safl???n düÅŸüÅŸü, alçal???d?r.

No human being can be so honest as to become completely false.

The whole house is spic and span and everybody's supposed to be real honest and full of what he calls 'the good'. We even leave food out for the mice in the rafters so they won't have to sin by stealing. And you know what happens when dinner's over? Everybody hunches over and licks his place clean so none of God's grace will be wasted.

To defile yourself, yet not really be defiled—that's true purity. If you're fastidious about defilement, you're not going to do anything. You'll never become a real man

Cuando se trata de satisfacer al corazón, ningún vicio estaba a la altura de la hipocresía

Yo siempre me había sentido orgullosa de mi moral y empecé a pensar que todo aquello que rodeaba al sexo no hacía más que embrutecer y empequeñecer a los seres humanos.

what has no place in a poem has no place in my house.

of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant.

a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a 'function', one cog in a machine.

I want to create no matter what methods I have to use. And you want to steal no matter what methods you have to use. Given that which of us is the greater sinner?

Who are you posing for? If you don't trust her to accept the bad with the good, why SHOULD she marry you? Look at you. Aren't you treating her like your favorite toy? A bauble to wear at your neck? Haven't you ever loved anyone before?

Having something worth dying for is never the same as willingness to die.

Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.

I am able to confess because, unlike these patriots, I am not ashamed of my country. And I can lay bare her troubles because I have not lost hope. China is bigger than her little patriots, and does not require their whitewashing. She will, as she always did, right herself again.

The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed.