Integrity Quotations | Page 3

It's interesting going between small parts and then bigger roles where you carry the film. If the writing is good, and if the people involved have integrity, then you'll do it, even if it's only five minutes on screen.

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity.

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

I really think the most important thing I do is to protect the dignity and the integrity of the Office of the Surgeon General.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

There are a lot of artists that come and go very quickly, and I understand why just because someone has a No. 1 doesn't necessarily mean they should be up for best male or female categories. I understand that Aria are protecting the integrity of what Aria is, but I do think that pop music isn't recognised enough.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work.

But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.

It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

When I interview someone, I know in the first two minutes if I like them or not. I find that if its easy to talk to someone and I see an openness and honesty and integrity, then I usually hire them.

Everything sells. Like integrity. Like democracy. Like truth. Like deeds.

There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

I knew I wanted to be a journalist ever since I was a teenager. While it is interesting and gratifying to be on the business side and to see how that all works, the main reason I kept a business role here was to protect the editorial integrity of Salon.

President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.

The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we issue. Elected officials have an obligation to maintain that integrity, regardless of whether they voted for the programs that required the borrowing in the first place.

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.

It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.

You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the work that ends up on the screen, or I have to leave, and I have to be known to have left.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.

The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere.

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

A lot of times, I think that what I do for a living has no integrity. 'Once Upon A Time' has changed that to a certain extent because the reaction we get from children out in the world is so fulfilling, I cannot even articulate it. There's nothing like being greeted as Snow White by a hyperventilating child versus Ginnifer Goodwin.

The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.

Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line.

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So it is a vital interest for us to protect the integrity and fairness of the single market for all its members.

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

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out. If you're a Christian, why would you want to fry this dude?

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

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

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

What is once well done is done forever.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

We believe in humility and integrity, the spirit of one people, bound together under God. We understand that the Constitution was written to control and regulate the government, not the people.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

I'm not getting to heaven on my integrity. I'm not getting to heaven on my goodness.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

I have no desire to be president of the United States. Zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable. And there are far too many people that are far smarter than me to be president. I'd like to find one with some honor and integrity. I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up.

My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either.

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.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

For me, my family and my faith have been what's really been my anchor, and grounding me, and helping me navigate through a lot of the things that really destroy marriages in Hollywood, and in your own personal integrity.

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's really challenging.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

For me, a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.