Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue"

Quintilian, Educator

"I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine"

Neil Cavuto, Journalist

"It seems to me, we are losing our way in an effort to get the ratings"

Matt Drudge, Journalist

"Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing"

Maurice Ashley, Celebrity

"I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money"

Kate Smith, Musician

"You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it"

Faith Baldwin, Novelist

"I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility"

Eliot Spitzer, Lawyer

"Let us be tried by our actions"

John N. Mitchell, Politician

"To win respect, the networks seem to feel they have to keep absurdly overstating their anchors' reporting cred"

Tina Brown, Editor

"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself"

Marguerite de Valois, Royalty

"It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity"

Debra Wilson, Comedian

"It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election"

Matt Gonzalez, Politician

"I wasn't ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong"

Bernie Ebbers, Businessman

"It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action"

Zachary Quinto, Actor

"I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history"

Sidney Sheldon, Novelist

"That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong"

William J. H. Boetcker, Clergyman

"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially"

Lauren Bacall, Actress

"Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will"

John D. MacDonald, Novelist

"I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future"

Matt Drudge, Journalist

"I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government"

Roy Barnes, Politician

"It's not an act, it's just my way"

Arthur Godfrey, Entertainer

"As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up"

Tom Petri, Politician

"What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona"

Marc Anthony, Musician

"I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get"

Neil Cavuto, Journalist

"They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A"

Carl Hiaasen, Writer

"After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office"

Roy Barnes, Politician

"I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say"

Geraldine Ferraro, Politician

"Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already"

Tommy Shaw, Musician

"I also want to draw attention to the responsibilities that people have to live up to their election promises and to live up to the votes that were cast by the people of Wales, in the General Election, in the expectation that we would deliver this promise"

Ron Davies, Politician

"She had her reward! - That reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty"

Ernestine L. Rose, Activist

"I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk"

Olympia Dukakis, Actress

"There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect"

Kenneth Starr, Lawyer

"I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child"

Tea Leoni, Actress

"I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life"

Mariel Hemingway, Actress

"My most intimate secrets? Well, if I told you those, they wouldn't be secrets now, would they? Seriously, though, I don't have too many secrets. I'm a very open and honest person, sometimes too honest for my own good"

Paul Kane, Writer

"Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest"

Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity

"That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams"

Sandra Bernhard, Actress

"I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart"

Peter Stuyvesant, Public Servant

"I broke down on Thursday, Nov. 3, and told Sheriff Howard Wells the truth. It wasn't easy, but after the truth was out, I felt like the world was lifted off my shoulders!"

Susan Smith, Criminal

"I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it"

Randy Harrison, Actor

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