"A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare within or without to shake it, I declined it, preferring to wipe my feet on the sod before my door. It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil."

Integrity, Evil, Choice, Home, Prevention

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"A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare within or without to shake it, I declined it, preferring to wipe my feet on the sod before my door. It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil."

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"I stood my ground. "You evil scientist are all the same--evil. Count me out."Fang and I brushed past Mr. God and walked quickly but smoothly to the exit. It was barely noon, and I'd already made a huge enemy.Dang, I'm good."

James Patterson, American Author

Integrity, Courage, Conflict, Life, Ethics

"It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Integrity, Soul, Character, Intellect, Will

"Integrity and blame can never be friends."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

Integrity, Blame, Truth, Character

"Good character keeps good brand safely. Bad character destroys hard earned brands."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Integrity, Character, Brand, Reputation, Success

"Accept it as it is and be true to yourself, the real answer is in you. It is about saying no to whom and what no is due and saying yes to whom and what yes is due! A simple solution to most of the problems of mankind today is just Yes and No!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Integrity, Acceptance, Truth, Honesty, Decisions

"When you are silent on the truth, you have given a transport fare for the lie to travel and spread fast."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Integrity, Silence, Truth, Lie

"Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Integrity, Honesty, Dishonesty

"Someone once said that integrity comes from caring about what other people think of you; but I don't think that integrity comes from caring what other people think about you. I think that integrity comes from you caring about how you affect other people. If your integrity comes from caring about what others think about you, then your integrity will have no foundation and it will always change based upon other people. And that's not integrity at all."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Integrity, Caring, Influence, Character

"Don't, but if at all, then, lie to the whole damn world - never to your own damn, silly stupid self."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

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Explore more quotes by Henry David Thoreau

"I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement."

Simplicity

"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."

Health

"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

Environment

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

Innovation

"How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins."

Friendship

"The savage in man is never quite eradicated."

Identity

"I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while."

Faith

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