Quotes on Honor And Integrity

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.