Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"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 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

"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

"Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy"

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, Clergyman

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

Erwin Schrodinger, Scientist

"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

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

River Phoenix, Actor

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

James Stockdale, Soldier

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

Sissela Bok, Philosopher

"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

"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

"Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for"

Johnny Depp, Actor

"I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

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

Kendrick Lamar, Musician

"Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain"

George Saunders, Writer

"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 try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives or serve humanity"

Sandra Cisneros, Author

"Politicians are masters of the art of deception"

Martin L. Gross, Writer

"There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do"

Freya Stark, Writer

"I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy"

Ralph Thomas Walker, Architect

"Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose"

Evan Esar, Writer

"If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility"

Leonard Maltin, Critic

"The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep"

George Stephanopoulos, Celebrity

"Prime Minister, I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely, the ability to say one thing in this chamber and a very different thing to your home electorate"

Daniel Hannan, Politician

"But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying"

Barney Frank, Politician

"It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people"

Barney Frank, Politician

"Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness"

Faith Baldwin, Novelist

"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them"

Gerald Brenan, Writer

"Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action"

Demosthenes, Statesman

"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself"

Gamaliel Bailey, Journalist

"In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area but an insatiable appetite for a sound bite"

Alvin Adams, Businessman

"Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends"

Bishop Robert South, Theologian

"I told the truth, and I did it on national TV in a lie-detector test"

Paula Jones, Celebrity

"I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it"

Trick Daddy, Musician

"It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always"

M. Russell Ballard, Clergyman

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