Quotes About Integrity

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.

for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.

If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.

To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on

Better lose your life than your soul…

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing the right and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally.

Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.

Strength and beauty must go hand in hand

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

It is necessary to do right; it is not necessary to be happy.

No woman should give her happiness into the keeping of a man without fixed principles...

You laugh at me when I say I want to be a lady, but I mean a true gentlewoman in mind and manners, and I try to do it as far as I know how. I can't explain exactly, but I want to be above the little meannesses and follies and faults that spoil so many women

The sincere wish to be good is half the battle.

I'd take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn't be loved

I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.

Better destroy the body than the soul.' ~Rosamond

She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl I ever saw; there's no sentimentality about her; she is wise, and kind, and sweet. She says what she means, looks you straight in the eye, and is as true as steel.

Virtue was its own reward.

I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a bit of it is found it is known. That is the text of my little sermon to you. Virtue, which means honour, honesty, courage, and all that makes character, is the red thread that marks a good man wherever he is.

a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, is n't worthy of the name.