Quotes About Integrity

Ora aqui está um homem que detesta a folha e paga. Quantos a adoram e não pagam!

the moral unity of all things attained by the exclusion of those who opposed me.

Mas vá lá; ou não se há de contar nada, ou se há de dizer tudo.

Não nos dispersaremos. Se quereis os nossos cadáveres, podeis tomá-los; mas só os cadáveres; não levareis a nossa honra, o nosso crédito, os nossos direitos, e com eles a salvação de Itaguaí.

Mais comment un prince pourra connaître son ministre, voici un moyen qui ne trompe jamais: quand tu vois le ministre penser plus à soi qu'à toi et que dans toutes les affaires il recherche là-dedans son profit, un tel homme ainsi fait jamais ne sera bon ministre, jamais tu ne te pourras fier à lui.

Il n'est point d'autre moyen de se garder de la flatterie que de donner à entendre aux gens qu'ils ne t'offensent pas à te dire le vrai; mais quand chacun peut te dire le vrai, on cesse de te respecter.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuous in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.

People become trustworthy when they are trusted.

Vitam impendre vero. (To stake one's life for the truth.)

The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.

If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was not worth losing his ability to touch a unicorn.

You're much too straightforward to be able to pretend to be what you aren't," Mrs. Murry said.

You must understand with your hearts. With the whole of yourselves, not just a fragment.

Love isn't what you feel. It's what you do.

Rules are made for people, not people for rules

What we are is going to be visible in our art, no matter how secular (on the surface) the subject may be.

There always have been and there always will be people who have been corrupted into enjoying any excuse for cruelty.

your behaviour must be such that when you go to bed at night you will be happy with what you have done during the day

If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.

There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones

For the opposite of sin is faith and never virtue, and we live in a world which believes that self-control can make us virtuous. But that's not how it works. How many men and women we have encountered, of great personal virtue and moral rectitude, convinced of their own righteousness, who have also been totally insensitive to the needs of others and sometimes downright cruel!