Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised"

Chinua Achebe, Writer

"Win or lose, do it fairly"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"The true measure of life is not length, but honesty"

John Lyly, Writer

John Lyly

"When deeds speak, words are nothing"

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Economist

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

John Webster, Playwright

John Webster

"Take off the fake deep. Take off the fake woke"

Kendrick Lamar, Musician

Kendrick Lamar

"When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul"

Max Beerbohm, Actor

"National honor is the national property of the highest value"

James Monroe, President

James Monroe

"That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt"

William Cowper, Poet

"We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!"

William Lloyd Garrison, Journalist

"There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on"

Paul Castellano, Criminal

Paul Castellano

"Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order"

Ezra Taft Benson, Leader

"Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office? I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls"

James L. Buckley, Politician

"They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists"

Erwin Schrodinger, Scientist

"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him"

James Allen, Author

"Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks"

Lin Yutang, Author

"Integrity reveals beauty"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

Thomas J. Leonard

"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters"

Alan K. Simpson, Politician

"Lying can never save us from another lie"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"Honor sinks where commerce long prevails"

Walter Bagehot, Author

Walter Bagehot

"If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie"

Paul Begala, Journalist

"I think the success of my work stems from being truthful"

Catherine O'Hara, Actress

Catherine O'Hara

"Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy"

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, Clergyman

"I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it"

River Phoenix, Actor

River Phoenix

"I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped"

Sugar Ray Leonard, Athlete

"I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference"

Klaus Kinski, Actor

"Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt"

Felix Adler, Educator

"Deed, not words, shall speak me"

John Fletcher, Dramatist

"I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits"

Mercedes McCambridge, Actress

Mercedes McCambridge

"It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task"

Elliot Richardson, Lawyer

"There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision"

David Korten, Activist

"Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember"

David Mamet, Dramatist

"I believe in hard work, in being honest and fair, and treating people the way I want to be treated"

George Gillett, Businessman

George Gillett

"I think character is permanent, and issues are transient"

James Stockdale, Soldier

James Stockdale

"Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived"

Sissela Bok, Philosopher

Sissela Bok

"Politicians are masters of the art of deception"

Martin L. Gross, Writer

"A liar should have a good memory"

Quintilian, Educator

"The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the economic transaction valid. They want to return the favor, if you will... return the benefit and reciprocate"

Michael Nesmith, Musician

Michael Nesmith

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