Quotes About Integrity

Never allow your heart to convince your mind that something you know is wrong, is right.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes...and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Don't be deceived into thinking that a girl is special or good just because she's playing hard to get

You are what you eat. You are a human body comprised of organs, blood and guts, and other shit. The food you put into your body works its way through your organs and bloodstream and is actually part of who you are. So every time you put crap in your body, you are crap.

Unlike most travel writers, he [Babur] is honest.

I hope to die at my post: in the streets or in prison.

By the way, everything would be much easier to live through if only I would not forget the basic rule I've made for my life: To be kind and good is the main thing! Plainly and simply, to be good—that resolves and unites everything and is better than all cleverness and insistence on "being right.

Never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth. Anna Jameson

It isn't enough to say "Be honest" or "Do the right thing," because in moments of conflict many of us lack the skills to move through the fear and put our values into action. The context of the situation really matters more than a catchphrase. What's way more useful for boys is to talk to them about what integrity looks like to you under duress.

Our children aren't stupid, and they're not naive. They see when adults around them act hypocritically. They see what we value and believe by our actions, not our words.

Time and time again, they all say the same thing. The worst punishment is losing your respect and disappointing you and taking away their ability to communicate with their peers.

Leaders who become their vision often seem uncommonly brave to the rest of us.

Imagine how profoundly trustworthy you would be to the people who work for you if they felt no problem could arise between you that you were not prepared to own. Imagine how much incentive they would have to cooperate if they knew they could count on you to clear the pathways for accomplishment.

rectitude that was almost terrifying." When expounding on termination

He led and directed conversations. He did not resort to subterfuge, certainly of this nature. And yet, even if he had, not one of the Catholic Daughters, nuns, or Theresians, would have challenged him. This elderly Ojibwe woman did so with a perfect ease.

ago AIM patrol had caught some towhead Wisconsin boys trying to rob a liquor store. 'They came down hard on those boys,' he said to Hetta. 'You could call it cruel and unusual.' 'Dad? What'd they do?' 'Made them call their moms.' 'So, like, it was Hi, Mom, come get me I got caught looting?

I really believe that to live inauthentically is to live in a sort of hell.

He said, 'Hi, gorgeous,' which I think is nice. I admire honesty.

Look, I can't go out with you, because...because...because I'm a lesbian.

You have to choose: death or lies. I've never been able to kill myself.

There ought to be some mark by which to distinguish good people from bad.