Quotes About Integrity

Most of the guys in the NFL would sit here and tell you we don't condone the abuse of a child, any sort of abuse of a woman, breaking rules, failing drug tests, or doing any of those things. We hold ourselves to a very high standard.

Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.

When I joined the Marines, I went to Quantico for training. One of the first things I learned is that you can drop out of a run, a couple runs. You can fail the test or a couple tests in a row, and they'd give you a second try. But if you lied about anything, you were gone that afternoon. That's how important integrity is in the military.

Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?

Governor Perry taught me how to be a good man and to be a good husband. Not only does he have to take care of his own family, but the state of Texas.

I would never say anything bad about Texas A&M.

Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.

I sincerely want what's best for the University of Texas.

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.

You can tell a guy the truth, and they might hate you for that day, but they'll come back that night and text you, like, 'You know what? You were right.' I just think if you tell guys the truth, they can respect you more.

Just because #ad or #spon is there doesn't mean I'm only doing it for money. I make sure, in the text, that it's very obvious that I'm having fun.

I don't think I am that person who can just text people for the heck of work. I should be invested in that person otherwise I won't.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

I never did, and I never will, thank any man for altering any one word of my compositions without my privity.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.