Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me"

Dwight L. Moody, Clergyman

Dwight L. Moody

"Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in"

Dwight L. Moody, Clergyman

Dwight L. Moody

"Character is what a man is in the dark"

Dwight L. Moody, Clergyman

Dwight L. Moody

"In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

George Henry Lewes

"Sincerity is moral truth"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

George Henry Lewes

"Among the smaller duties of life, I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due"

Sydney Smith, Clergyman

Sydney Smith

"Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils, one is likely to rate it as a more powerful agent for destruction than it is"

Rebecca West, Author

"Even if you do something that others might consider wrong, you should at least be willing to talk about it and tell your parents what you're doing because you believe it's right"

Steve Wozniak, Businessman

Steve Wozniak

"I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man"

Sam Houston, Politician

Sam Houston

"Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves"

Rebecca West, Author

"I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president"

James Carville, Lawyer

"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on"

Edward W. Howe, Writer

"You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough"

Edward W. Howe, Writer

"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me"

Christian Bale, Actor

Christian Bale

"I don't trust a lot of journalists"

Calvin Klein, Designer

Calvin Klein

"While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward"

Al Gore, Vice President

Al Gore

"I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Athlete

"I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself"

Lenny Kravitz, Musician

Lenny Kravitz

"If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"Do not deceive or be faithless, even with your enemy"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days?"

Nguyen Van Thieu, Statesman

"I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well"

Alan Greenspan, Economist

"There is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved"

Francis I of France, Royalty

Francis I of France

"Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake"

Alan Greenspan, Economist

"The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow"

John Ciardi, Dramatist

John Ciardi

"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found"

Eminem, Musician

Eminem

"My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it"

Eminem, Musician

Eminem

"I will speak with a straight tongue"

Chief Joseph, Leader

"Honest people don't hide their deeds"

Emily Bronte, Novelist

"Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, utters another"

Homer, Poet

Homer

"When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

"But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

John Perry Barlow

"Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin"

Hesiod, Poet

Hesiod

"The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation"

Charles W. Pickering, Judge

Charles W. Pickering

"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another"

Homer, Poet

Homer

"He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief"

Jose Marti, Activist

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