Integrity Quotations

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

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary people up, expose them to extremes of human behavior and unimaginable tests of integrity and courage, and then deposit them back on the home front.

All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.

Without Greece, it is not possible to preserve the integrity of the European phenomenon.

If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.

Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And that means the integrity, the professionalism, and knowing what's right from wrong and still making choices that you probably wouldn't have made.

I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are!

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.

I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was - and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization - ranging from modern colloquial to the classics - and artistic integrity is unsurpassed.

The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong.

I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.

For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style. God, I'm fabulous!

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character.

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.

Like other countries in the world, China must uphold its own sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests. At the same time, we are willing to properly handle differences and disagreements in state-to-state relations.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

If you look at the publishers I've worked with, generally, they're a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I've worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas.

Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans.

We Bosniaks would for sure fight for integrity of Bosnia.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

You can have information and ease of use and have artistic integrity at the same time. The art of being a good Web designer is getting yourself into that middle ground and treating it as a final destination instead of as a compromise.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.

Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.

My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that constitution when its integrity shall be threatened.

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.

Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.

My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible.

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.