Quotes about Integrity

No good can ever come of falsehood

I may be on the side of the Angels ,but don't think for one second that I am one of them.

Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

Truth that has merely been learned is like an artificial limb, a false tooth, a waxen nose; it adheres to us only because it is put on. But truth acquired by thought of our own is like a natural limb; it alone really belongs to us.

whoever attributes no merit to himself because he really has none is not modest, but merely honest.

If your abilities are only mediocre, modesty is mere honesty; but if you possess great talents, it is hypocrisy.

If you do not learn to hate you will never be lonely enough to love easily nor will you always be brave, although it does not grow any easier. Do not pretend to convenient beliefs, even when they are righteous; you will never be able to defend your city while shouting.

Once it was easy to know who were my people... I do not believe our wants have made all our lies holy.

Every day of your lives is practice in becoming the person you want to be. No instantaneous miracle is suddenly going to occur and make you brave and courageous and true.

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.