Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"I've never tried to be something I'm not"

Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor

"I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press"

Kiefer Sutherland, Actor

"And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons"

Tony Campolo, Clergyman

"To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism, but however unfavorable, I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"I'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do"

Katy Perry, Musician

"I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way"

DeForest Kelley, Actor

"I'm an open book"

Benny Hinn, Clergyman

"I'd be a fool to be in this for the money"

Benny Hinn, Clergyman

"I know me, and those close to me know me. But sadly, the outside world thinks I'm some kind of a crook"

Benny Hinn, Clergyman

"But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious misconduct, you don't wait until the Thursday before the Tuesday. You run it early"

Susan Estrich, Journalist

"You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said"

Sam Rayburn, Politician

"The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other, by it"

Minna Antrim, Writer

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

Elliott Smith, Musician

"Jimmy Stewart was a very sincere, honest and straightforward man"

Robert Wagner, Actor

"But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience, and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position?"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"When it starts to seem like you have popped into bed with a specific party, it makes it difficult for people to believe you are not doing someone else's bidding for them"

Rachel Maddow, Journalist

"You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit"

Demosthenes, Statesman

"I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect"

Benny Hinn, Clergyman

"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version!"

Oliver North, Soldier

"I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy"

Oliver North, Soldier

"I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it"

Oliver North, Soldier

"The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public"

George Stephanopoulos, Celebrity

"There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way, and that happened, and as soon as the press rang me, I didn't deny it, I just said 'that's it', and I had to go home and explain it"

John Prescott, Politician

"Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is"

Dick Dale, Musician

"It's a lot easier to tell the truth, usually"

Elliott Smith, Musician

"The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth"

Goldie Hawn, Actress

"Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly"

R. A. Salvatore, Author

"He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech"

Gilbert Parker, Politician

"It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is"

Franz Grillparzer, Poet

"Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love"

Jon Corzine, Politician

"Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality"

Jon Corzine, Politician

"There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare"

Daniel Ellsberg, Celebrity

"Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation"

Carl Levin, Politician

"You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in"

Bradley Whitford, Actor

"I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth"

Bob Edwards, Journalist

"I've always been a good kid"

Ashley Scott, Actress

"And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street"

Ben E. King, Musician

"Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave, and I will make my own determination"

Alex Trebek, Entertainer

"Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another"

Aleister Crowley, Critic

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