Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise"

Shoeless Joe Jackson, Athlete

"I call it like I see it. I don't hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues"

Jerry Doyle, Actor

"I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization"

J. G. Stedman, Soldier

"Tell the truth"

Ian Hunter, Musician

"I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence"

Bob Graham, Politician

"I just want you to know, you aren't going to church with a crook"

Bernard Ebbers, Businessman

"When I was twenty-two, it was a lot harder to get hurt by women. It was easier for me to, you know, cheat on a girlfriend. I can't lie like that anymore"

Matt Dillon, Actor

"Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests"

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Publisher

"There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me"

Jill Bennett, Actress

"I might like somebody, and have to go interview somebody that hates them, but I still have to be fair"

Angie Martinez, Musician

"You could not even pay anyone to say something bad about Bill"

Brandon Cruz, Actor

"When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore"

Thomas Kretschmann, Actor

"I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats"

Pete Waterman, Producer

"It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans"

Marv Albert, Celebrity

"Do we really know anybody? Who does not wear one face to hide another?"

Frances Marion, Writer

"Just stay real and stay a real person"

Brandon Thomas, Actor

"I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less"

Lillie Langtry, Actress

"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?"

Fanny Brice, Comedian

"At this moment in time, I did not say them things"

Glenn Hoddle, Athlete

"I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director"

Jason Patric, Actor

"I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear"

Benjamin F. Wade, Politician

"Take care that all your offerings be free, and of your own, that has cost you something; so that ye may not offer of that which is another man's, or that which ye are entrusted withal, and not your own"

George Fox, Clergyman

"Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins"

Edward Kennedy, Politician

"It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me knows I do things with integrity"

Mike Peters, Cartoonist

"I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth"

Kylie Bax, Model

"I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell"

Will Carleton, Poet

"Honesty is very sexy"

Valerie Bertinelli, Actress

"There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense, in order to endure existence, everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives"

Todd Rundgren, Musician

"The statements of four witnesses of unquestioned integrity, traveling with me that day, attest that such comments were never made and confirm that it simply did not happen"

Paul Crouch, Clergyman

"Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false"

Paul Crouch, Clergyman

"Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone"

David Brooks, Politician

"I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause"

Edward Said, Writer

"I was on a train of lies. I couldn't jump off"

Clifford Irving, Writer

"It is critical that Democratic candidates, whether they are in New Jersey, or Virginia, or anywhere, emphasize the fact that we can be trusted, and can bring fiscal integrity to our state, local, and national government"

Mark Warner, Politician

"Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity"

Lindsey Buckingham, Musician

"I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers"

Ann Miller, Dancer

"The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost"

Johnny Ball, Entertainer

"We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right"

Jeff Ament, Musician

"It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge"

Pete Waterman, Producer

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