Quotes about Integrity

you should not wait for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do your duty; but do good of your own accord.

Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for God's sake, don't sell it cheap.

Why act the part of a Jew when you're Greek? Don't you know why it is that a person is called a Jew, Syrian, or Egyptian? And when we see someone hesitating between two creeds, we're accustomed to say, 'He is no Jew, but is merely acting the part.' But when he assumes the frame of mind of one who has been baptized * and has made his choice, then he really is a Jew, and is called by that name.

What, then, is your own? The way you live your life.

A bad person's character cannot be trusted, it's weak and indecisive, easily won over by different impressions at different times.

What is my position in society?" The one best suited to your talents, which you can hold with honor. Each person has a vital role in society; you are important right where you are. But if you lose your honor in striving for greater (perceived) significance, you become useless.

Avoid taking oaths.

He didn't care; it was not his skin he wanted to save, but the man of honour and integrity. These things are not open to compromise or negotiation.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.