Values & Character: Honesty & Integrity Quotes

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"In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me"

Edgar Allan Poe, Poet

Edgar Allan Poe

"Honor your commitments with integrity"

Les Brown, Businessman

"Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar"

J. Edgar Hoover, Public Servant

"There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best"

Doris Lessing, Writer

"Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

George Henry Lewes

"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism"

George Henry Lewes, Philosopher

George Henry Lewes

"Of all things, there remains to me only honor and life, which is safe"

Francis I of France, Royalty

Francis I of France

"He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure, is himself a knave"

George Berkeley, Philosopher

George Berkeley

"I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record"

Eminem, Musician

Eminem

"I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools"

Giacomo Casanova, Celebrity

Giacomo Casanova

"Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people"

James Bovard, Author

"The character of a man is known from his conversations"

Menander, Poet

Menander

"The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep"

Edgar Watson Howe, Editor

"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching"

Francis of Assisi, Saint

Francis of Assisi

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved"

George MacDonald, Novelist

"A child who does not think about what happens around him, and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly, is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel"

Jose Marti, Activist

"The true measure of life is not length, but honesty"

John Lyly, Writer

John Lyly

"He will easily be content and at peace whose conscience is pure"

Thomas Kempis, Writer

Thomas Kempis

"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak"

Paul Wellstone, Politician

"When deeds speak, words are nothing"

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Economist

"How vain, without the merit, is the name"

Homer, Poet

Homer

"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised"

Chinua Achebe, Writer

"National honor is the national property of the highest value"

James Monroe, President

James Monroe

"Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end"

John Webster, Playwright

John Webster

"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt"

William Cowper, Poet

"When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul"

Max Beerbohm, Actor

"There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on"

Paul Castellano, Criminal

Paul Castellano

"Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order"

Ezra Taft Benson, Leader

"Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office? I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls"

James L. Buckley, Politician

"That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks"

Lin Yutang, Author

"We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!"

William Lloyd Garrison, Journalist

"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters"

Alan K. Simpson, Politician

"Honor sinks where commerce long prevails"

Walter Bagehot, Author

Walter Bagehot

"Honest hearts produce honest actions"

Brigham Young, Leader

Brigham Young

"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him"

James Allen, Author

"Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good"

Joe Paterno, Coach

"Integrity reveals beauty"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

Thomas J. Leonard

"Lying can never save us from another lie"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"I think the success of my work stems from being truthful"

Catherine O'Hara, Actress

Catherine O'Hara

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