Quotes About Integrity

A man takes an oath only when he wants to commit himself quite exceptionally to the statement, when he wants to make an identity between the truth of it and his own virtue; he offers himself as a guarantee. And it works.

Being told by way of aggravation, that he had eaten half a dozen plumbs, Nay truly, sister, (answers he simply to her) I have eaten half a score. So perfect an enemy was he to a lie, that he had rather accuse himself of another fault, than be suspected to be guilty of that.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.

A nod, a bow, and a tip of the lid to the person who coulda and shoulda and did.

Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.

Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?"

Without faith there is no truth, for that is all the truth is or ever was.

Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.

You must question a code of ethics that never impedes your progress.

Worse than telling a lie is spending the rest of your life staying true to a lie.

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.

As important in a trusting relationship as the truths you share are the lies you never have to tell.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Two things are owed to truthfulness — lasting marriages and short friendships.

The most fundamental winning formula is to bet on human decency and be patient.

Present yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.

One of life's regrets is that you didn't always tell the truth, and now it's too late, because the truth has changed.

It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved.

The trouble with always leaving yourself a way out is that you always take it.

More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history.

Sometimes, to do the right thing, we must keep a promise we never made.

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible.