Quotes on Integrity

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall Desert and Accomplishment meet Despising, Detraction, and Lies? What shall Virtue do to meet Brute Force? There are so many answers and so contradictory; and such differences for those on the one hand who meet questions similar to this once a year or once a decade, and those who face them hourly and daily.

The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred.

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.

Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

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

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.

Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity set the expectations for behavior; they set a standard for our work. More than just a motto, for the men and women of the FBI, Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity is a way of life.

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.