Honesty And Integrity Quotes - Page 3

• The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

  Frederick Douglass

  Honesty, Integrity, War

  Speech on the twenty-third anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia,Washington, D.C., Apr. 1885

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• Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Christmas, Integrity, Moving

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• Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

  Wendell Willkie

  People, Honor, Wish

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• If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

  Jesse Ventura

  Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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• Have the courage to face the truth

  W. Clement Stone

  Courage, Honesty, Integrity

  Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone (1991). “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

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• There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Truth, Honesty

  "Donald Trump, a Populist for the Rich" by Jim Hightower, progressive.org. October 9, 2016.

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• If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

  Moliere

  Integrity, Heart, Would Be

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• It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

  Samuel Johnson

  Trust, Cheating, Pain

  Samuel Johnson (1752). “The Rambler”, p.79

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• Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Business, Integrity, Bad Day

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.133, Graphic Arts Books

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• Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Success, Truth

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• Our lives improve only when we take chances.

  Walter Inglis Anderson

  Truth, Honesty, Risk

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• Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

  Mario Cuomo

  Inspirational, Honesty, Integrity

  "In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery". Book by Karen Casey, 1991.

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• You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard. You beat 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

  Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

  Honesty, Integrity, America

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• If we will be true and faithful to our principles, committed to a life of honesty and integrity, then no king or contest or fiery furnace will be able to compromise us. For the success of the kingdom of God on earth, may we stand as witnesses for Him "at all times and in all things, and in all places that we may be in, even until death."

  Howard W. Hunter

  Faith, Kings, Honesty

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  It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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• The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Honesty, Integrity, People

  "Year in Review Dominated by Iraq". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. December 30, 2006.

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• A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.

  Nelson Mandela

  Stars, Honesty, Integrity

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.168, Pan Macmillan

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• I believe the best test of our integrity and honesty is when we personally enforce in our own lives that which ultimately cannot be enforced.

  David A. Bednar

  Honesty, Integrity, Believe

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• Character is much easier kept than recovered.

  Thomas Paine

  Life, Integrity, War

  Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.190

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• I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Integrity, Character

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• Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Relationship

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside the law. The same thing goes for rules, policies and procedures - you know, the organization's "internal laws." You can "go by the book" and still behave unethically. Still not move beyond mediocrity. High standards-the ethics of excellence-come to life through your basic values, your character, integrity and honesty. Obeying the law is the bare minimum.

  Price Pritchett

  Honesty, Integrity, Moving

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• Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.

  Jack Welch

  Positive, Honesty, Integrity

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• I just try to walk the walk. I try to live every day with the utmost honesty and integrity to myself and the people around me.

  Michael Skolnik

  Honesty, Integrity, People

  "Global Grind Editor Michael Skolnik". Interview with Rachel P. Goldstein, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 7, 2012.

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