Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself"

Titus Livius, Historian

"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

"Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life"

Rachel Zoe, Designer

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

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

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

George Saunders, 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

Boyd Rice, Artist

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

Faith Baldwin, Novelist

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

Nathaniel Branden, Psychologist

"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

"There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served"

Jane Jacobs, Sociologist

"The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing"

David O. Russell, Director

"Play fair, okay?"

Colleen Haskell, Celebrity

"The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter"

Ed Markey, Politician

"I can meet any producer in Hollywood and look them in the eye, knowing I didn't sleep with them, or do drugs with them"

Morgan Brittany, Actress

"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

"Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got"

Lewis B. Hershey, Soldier

"The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches"

John Witherspoon, Politician

"Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death"

Erik H. Erikson, Psychologist

"Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent"

Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman

"In business, a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet"

Lord Chandos, Writer

"How small regard is had to the oath of God by men professing the name of God"

George Gillespie, Theologian

"A friend to honesty and a foe to crime"

Allan Pinkerton, Businessman

"I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior," he said. "You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends"

Chuck Colson, Lawyer

"Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside"

Zell Miller, Politician

"For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe"

Deval Patrick, Politician

"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"

Kelli White, Athlete

"There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move"

Daniel Smith, Politician

"My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do"

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Politician

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