Quotes About Integrity

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.

Moque-toi d'une mauvaise réputation. Crains une bonne que tu ne pourrais pas soutenir.

BEING (models) instead of SEEMING (actors).

Laugh at a bad reputation. Fear a good one that you could not sustain.

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If you claim a standard, you have to live by it. Win or lose. Else the standard never meant nothing.

You should not take a fellow eight years old And make him swear to never kiss the girls.

Truth never hurts the teller.

Just for a handful of silver he left us,Just for a riband to stick in his coat.

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

A prince can mak a belted knight,A marquis, duke, and a' that;But an honest man's aboon his might,Guid faith, he mauna fa' that.

On ev'ry hand it will allow'd be,He's just—nae better than he should be.

Let them cant about decorum, who have characters to lose!

The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip to haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, let that aye be your border.

They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

Professionals speak truth to power. Professionals have the courage to say no to their managers. How do you say no to your boss? After all, it's your boss! Aren't you supposed to do what your boss says? No. Not if you are a professional. Slaves are not allowed to say no. Laborers may be hesitant to say no. But professionals are expected to say no. It's the only way you can really get anything done.

Professionals speak truth to power. Professionals have the courage to say no to their managers. How do you say no to your boss? After all, it's your boss! Aren't you supposed to do what your boss says? No. Not if you are a professional. Slaves are not allowed to say no. Laborers may be hesitant to say no. But professionals are expected to say no. Indeed, good managers crave someone who has the guts to say no. It's the only way you can really get anything done.

Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less than your best.

Honesty in small things is not a small thing.