Quotes about Integrity
Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.
— John Donne
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
— Joseph Addison
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.
— Joseph Addison
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.
— Joseph Addison
Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.
— Mahatma Gandhi
A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.
— Mark Twain
Conscience, man's moral medicine chest.
— Mark Twain
Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.
— Oscar Wilde
When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.
— Oscar Wilde
The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.
— Oscar Wilde
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man may be a false prophet and yet speak the truth.
— Richard Sibbes