Quotes About Integrity

Well, everyone lies. The difference between a hero and a villain is whether anyone believes him.

It was what you gave out that made a man, not what you got back.

It is not how you die, but how you lived, that counts.

She never saw more damage done than by folk acting on high principle.

I've been on jobs like that before, everyone stuck on the money not the work, watching their backs every minute. Bad for your health and your business. We'll do this civilised, or not at all. What do you say? "I say civilised," said Shenkt. "For pity's sake, let's kill like honest men.

You will get such flattery as you deserve, and my foot in your arse the rest of the time.

There aren't many good things don't have a splinter of selfishness in them somewhere, after all.

You get what you give, in the long run, and manners cost nothing.

Ray to Livvy] Aren't you used to people meaning what they say?

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

the true measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do them aboslutely no good

People with integrity expect to be believed. If not, they let time prove them right.

She had been so fiercely alive. She had spoken honestly, and lived with an honesty that few could claim to match. She had made the most of every minute she was given. She bargained and rationed and managed the seconds. She burned up the days.

Make sure you live a meaningful life.

deliberate about how they lived, wouldn't tolerate assholes, and always had each other's back. "How can I help?

Sylvie steered away from labels. She wanted to be true to herself with every word she uttered, every action she took, and every belief she held.

Meaning bad isn't the issue. Meaning you do what you do. Not without consequences for other people, of course, sometimes very grave ones. But it's not very helpful to regard your choices as a series of right or wrong moves. They don't define you as much as you define them

And is it possible,' said Emily, as these recollections returned—'is it possible, that a mind, so susceptible of whatever is grand and beautiful, could stoop to low pursuits, and be subdued by frivolous temptations?

We learn, also, that those who do only THAT WHICH IS RIGHT, endure nothing in misfortune but a trial of their virtue, and from trials well endured derive the surest claim to the protection of heaven.