Quotes About Integrity

It is the thoughts of men that are deceitful, Their pledges that are loose.

Behold, I am silent: for what need is there that, falsely speaking, I add shamelessness to misfortune?

Sentir respeto es sabiduría.

O God, you have given to mortals a sure method Of telling the gold that is pure from the counterfeit; Why is there no mark engraved upon men's bodies, By which we could know the true ones from the false ones?

There is nothing worse than a bad woman, and nothing better in any way than a good one.

For the discreet among mortals are such as pass through life correctly with wisdom.

HIPP. My tongue hath sworn—my mind is still unsworn. [17]

Tis wise to do good work, but also wise To pay the worker. Aye, and fair reward Makes twofold pleasure, though the work be hard.

But I know their disposition and nature; they will rather die; for among virtuous men, disgrace is considered before life.

nor am I the derider of my associates, O father, but the same man to my friends when they are not present, and when I am with them.

Rhesus. Thy way is mine, friend. Straight I run my race In word and deed, and bear no double tongue.

Don't claim you're sincere, just be it.

Don't claim you are sincere, just be it!

Without the burdens and problems associated with fame and fortune, Lieh-tzu could live leisurely and be free to do what he liked and go where he wanted. To Lieh-tzu, being an unknown citizen was better than being a person of power and responsibility. In a time when politicians played games of intrigue, Lieh-tzu felt it was better to remain silent and be truthful to oneself.

Therefore, they advocate eating healthy foods, having a healthy sexual life, and living simply.

yá'ádaat'éhígíí bee hajiidziihgo 'ál'??. A person should only speak words that are good. Saad

An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power or money or fame, but in fact is driven slightly mad by some injustice, some cruelty, some unfairness, so much so that he or she is compelled by some internal moral engine to act to make it better.

From the earliest times the Welsh have been looked upon as an unclean people. It is thus that they have preserved their racial integrity. Their sons and daughters rarely mate with humankind except their own blood relations.

Why must you see everything secondhand? Why must this be a play? Why must my conscience be a pre-Raphelite picture?

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

I do not seek to scrape acquaintance with Lady Celia; I do not want my photograph in the Tatler, I have not come to exhibit myself.

There were no more wise men; there were no more heroes;

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.