Quotes About Integrity

Cheating and covering up are natural by-products of a top-down culture that does not accept "no" or "it can't be done" for an answer. But combining this culture with a belief that a brilliant strategy formulated in the past will hold indefinitely into the future becomes a certain recipe for failure.

Treat people superbly and compensate them fairly.

The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period.

So how do we sort it all out? The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in just one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security.

He once asked me, "You know how when you find somebody who you know is in touch with the truth, how you want to be in the presence of that person?

Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.

I think one of the greatest gifts that we can give anybody is the gift of one more honest adult in that person's life—whether [the recipient] be a child or an adult.

I think, for me, I need to be myself." Another pause. "And I've never been a kind of a hyperactive, runaround kind of person. I think one of the greatest gifts that we can give anybody is the gift of one more honest adult in that person's life—whether [the recipient] be a child or an adult. "And so, for me, being quiet and slow is being myself, and that is my gift.

Standing firm is great, kiddo, but so is admitting you made a mistake and fixing it.

A lot of [Republicans] know what [Trump] did was wrong. And they didn't have the courage to say it.

If you're decent to people, you'll usually find out they're decent people, too.

He thought about how sometimes people's greatest sacrifices were the ones they didn't want the world to acknowledge or even to know about. Maybe that's what made them great.

It takes a truly great man to see that he's been wrong and to apologize for it, even in the face of the obvious.

I cannot face you if you think I look at you and see anything less than the man you are. I am not settling for you, I am reaching for you, and there is a difference, and you are that man.'

I'll do anything not to break your heart.

They'll be wonderful," Henry said with a faint smile. "They'll respect her decisions and tell her the truth as they know it and be kind when her heart's broken. It's really all she can ask for.

Because you were saying them about somebody's son," he snarled. "Why not your own?

Just a heart as open as the blue sky. Any evil fucker

Spending those hours in the dark with only Glen's voice for company had taught Cash more than he ever thought possible about how to deal with pain, about how to keep your soul intact during fear—about what a human being could do with a little bit of confidence in the world around him.

Crick may have made a mess, sir, but he also made a promise. There's not a dishonorable bone in that boy's body.

Yes, sir." "Doing this?" The guy used his hat to gesture to the framed porch. "No, sir. Fucking for money.