Quotes about Integrity

And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me—Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.

You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

Good poetry survives not when it is pretty or beautiful or nice but when it is true: accurate and honest.

We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

May I gain no victory that harms me or my opponent. May I reconcile friends who are mad at each other. May I, insofar as I can, give all necessary help to my friends and to all who are in need. May I never fail a friend in trouble. -- Prayer on the Golden Rule (abridged)

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

When you go in there and fight, you pretty much relinquish and give up the right to make any excuses about something.