Quotes About Integrity

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

When you deliberately distort and selectively present the truth, you lie.

Despite my work, I know some in politics will never support me. I see them distort my record.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

I don't really do anything unless it's from the heart - I don't like to joke on people, or distract them from something they love.

The American public should simply accept no distractions. In our democracy, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable. We do it at the ballot box.

When I came to Washington, I believed that I had one duty, one purpose. I was elected to serve my district, my people and no one else. Since arriving in Congress, I've learned that not everyone shares this philosophy.

You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought.

I think if people thought we were just like the other parties and would ditch our policies at the first moment we thought we wouldn't get a majority, then we'd become just like all the other parties.

I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

I don't want to be a diva champion.

I don't dive. I'm not a player who dives.

You have to be able to deep dive and know your stuff, otherwise you'll get called out on it.

You'll find that I've watched around 400 games at age-group level, from six to 14 years old, over the last eight years because both my sons play for academy teams - and I have not seen a single dive.

I'm not a diver. I know that.

I'm not a cheat. I'm not a diver.

During my engineering days, I learnt to value diversity, not to take shortcuts in life.

I know me, and I know my heart. I know what the Lord expects. I know what a Christian's supposed to act like, but you can't act it.

Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.

More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency.

I hope that when people see my body of work, they will say, 'That brother dropped it for real on us, even at the expense of his own image.'

What I have a problem with is money and name at the expense of talent and culture.

I'd like to have mass appeal, but not at the expense of what I am and what I do best.

It makes me mad to see people in government serving themselves at our expense.