Quotes About Integrity

How many times have I told you never listen to a person's words; watch their actions to see what is in their heart. A person can say many things they do not mean. Charlie to Beth

I am not so naive that I have not heard of adultery. And while I am very forbearing in a lot of things, should I ever get wind that you are sharing my 'that' with anyone else, I shall surely cut it off and mount it on the mantel.

To her mind, a good cop was worth their weight in gold, but every profession had their bad apples, and bad cops could do more damage than your average dirtbag criminal. She felt no regret or guilt over what she did.

People who care more about being right than ending right prove just how wrong they were all along.

A writer's promise is like a tiger's smile

The issue of cheating is enormous to any marriage because it involves the most necessary ingredient of any relationship—trust—

They are not burdened by any need to hide. They do not have to slink around in the shadows. They do not have to construct new lies to hide old ones. They need waste no effort covering tracks or maintaining disguises. And ultimately they find that the energy required for the self-discipline of honesty is far less than the energy required for secretiveness. The more honest one is, the easier it is to continue being honest, just as the more lies one has told, the more necessary it is to lie again.

If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged. The only way that we can be certain that our map of reality is valid is to expose it to the criticism and challenge of other map-makers.

There are four: delaying of gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to truth, and balancing. As will be evident, these are not complex tools whose application demands extensive training. To the contrary, they are simple tools, and almost all children are adept in their use by the age of

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.

The more honest one is, the easier it is to continue being honest, just as the more lies one has told, the more necessary it is to lie again. By their openness, people dedicated to the truth live in the open, and through the exercise of their courage to live in the open, they become free from fear.

If necessary, they will even kill to escape the pain of their own spiritual growth. As the integrity of their sick self is threatened by the spiritual health of those around them, they will seek by all manner of means to crush and demolish the spiritual health that may exist near them. I define evil, then, as the exercise of

To confront one's beloved is to assume a position of moral or intellectual superiority over the loved one, at least so far as the issue at hand is concerned. Yet genuine love recognizes and respects the unique individuality and separate identity of the other person.

There are four: delaying of gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to truth, and balancing. As will be evident, these are not complex tools whose application demands extensive training. To the contrary, they are simple tools, and almost all children are adept in their use by the age of ten. Yet presidents and kings will often forget to use them, to their own downfall. The problem lies not in the complexity of these tools but in the will to use them.

discipline? There are four: delaying of gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to truth, and balancing.

M. Scott Peck

The highest forms of love are inevitably totally free choices and not acts of conformity.

Third, the decision to withhold the truth should never be based on personal needs, such as a need for power, a need to be liked or a need to protect one's map from challenge.

There are four: delaying of gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to truth, and balancing.

Trust is the ultimate strength.

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

O maior pecado, depois do pecado, é a publicação do pecado.

notice that frankness is the first virtue of a deceased man.