Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end"

Henry A. Kissinger, Statesman

Henry A. Kissinger

"None meet life honestly, and few heroically"

Clarence Darrow, Lawyer

Clarence Darrow

"Let deeds match words"

Plautus, Playwright

Plautus

"No public man can be just a little crooked"

Herbert Hoover, President

Herbert Hoover

"For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth"

Bo Bennett, Businessman

Bo Bennett

"Those that vow the most are the least sincere"

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

"I don't like the American media - particularly Fox"

Neil Young, Musician

Neil Young

"I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me"

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

"Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive"

Bo Bennett, Businessman

Bo Bennett

"To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self"

Peter Nivio Zarlenga, Businessman

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

"I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job"

Samuel Goldwyn, Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job"

Samuel Goldwyn, Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

"Never lie when the truth is more profitable"

Stanislaw Lec, Poet

Stanislaw Lec

"I love the name of honor, more than I fear death"

Julius Caesar, Leader

"Caesar's wife must be above suspicion"

Julius Caesar, Leader

"Politics ruins the character"

Otto von Bismarck, Leader

Otto von Bismarck

"Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency"

Aesop, Author

Aesop

"He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own"

Aesop, Author

Aesop

"Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes"

Emily Dickinson, Poet

Emily Dickinson

"Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

James Russell Lowell

"Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

James Russell Lowell

"Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

James Russell Lowell

"Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

Marilyn vos Savant

"As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate"

John McCain, Politician

John McCain

"Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

Orison Swett Marden

"To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

Orison Swett Marden

"I never faked anything. I never played the Disney game of smiling and being a princess and then suddenly having a hard time, saying, 'That isn't who I really am"

Miley Cyrus, Musician

Miley Cyrus

"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle"

Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian

Alexis de Tocqueville

"Fake is as old as the Eden tree"

Orson Welles, Actor

Orson Welles

"The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions"

Helmut Jahn, Architect

"It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor"

Ray Kroc, Businessman

Ray Kroc

"Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest"

David Ogilvy, Businessman

David Ogilvy

"Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... The vast majority of editors are incorruptible"

David Ogilvy, Businessman

David Ogilvy

"It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. Such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles"

Davy Crockett, Explorer

Davy Crockett

"I have always supported measures and principles and not men"

Davy Crockett, Explorer

Davy Crockett

"We cannot make good news out of bad practice"

Edward R. Murrow, Journalist

Edward R. Murrow

"Follow your honest convictions and be strong"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

William Makepeace Thackeray

"Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

"Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line"

Crystal Gayle, Musician

Crystal Gayle

"In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply"

Nancy Pelosi, Politician

Nancy Pelosi

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