Quotes About Integrity

Her fear was strong, but her need for the truth was stronger.

Know that you are a warrior... and that a true warrior carries love, courage, and her conscience into battle, as surely as she carries her sword.

One must always steer clear of men who sweat when it isn't warm.

Fa quod faciendum est.

When you keep a secret, the secret keeps you. - Becca

Los libros de historia dicen que los reyes, los duques o los generales son quienes empiezan las guerras. No te lo creas. Las empezamos nosotros, tú y yo. Cada vez que le damos la espalda a alguien, que guardamos silencio, que no nos metemos, que nos portamos bien.

I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.

Stay away from her." "Okay." "Keep your hands off her." "I'll try." He scowled at me. "I will," I said.

You should never start something when you haven't finished the last thing. People feel used that way.

When I told you I loved you, that's what I meant. I never intended to be your experiment, or your walk on the wild side, or your favorite mistake.

The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them—listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen.

Cheating is like a girl's maidenhead. Doesn't matter if she's done it once or a hundred times; she's ruined just the same.

he'd won by playing dirty—worse than losing.

Why study authenticity if not to seek it? Try to ring some last truth from that word before it's so leeched of meaning that becomes a word casing, a shell without a bullet. A term that can be used only inside quotation marks.

Cooper would never tell Arthur Berringer anything he didn't know, whereas Dexter saw and knew things the old man couldn't afford to, without personal compromise. He was nearer the earth, its salts and minerals, than any Berringer had been in several generations.

Never part with a fact unless you've no choice.

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility.

Having two women—one who can't know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life—is clearly difficult for him.

How long does one accept apologies; until apologies become reality and reality becomes the truth.

It doesn't take long to figure out that in the Christian subculture, the biggest criticism to throw at someone is to question their integrity as a believer.

He alone had the courage to do what was right.

we lied half as much as grown-ups do, we'd be in time-out forever.

I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

but whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.