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Integrity Quotes
"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."
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"We have now recently launched the national integrity plan."
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"Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act."
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"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!"
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"A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world."
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"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters."
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"A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise."
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"Do more than expected, promise less than you can keep."
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"There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."
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"If I bad mouth the Truth, and nothing but the Absolute Truth, then, kick my butt. Otherwise, ye of bad faith, keep your stupid trap shut."
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"Also, I'm not going to bedevastated or anything either way. I'm not that kind of person. I just think if you don't say thehonest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I- she says,but then I hold up my finger, because I need to hear the thing she just said, and she talks toofast for me to keep up. I keep holding up my hand, thinking if you don't say the honest thing, itnever becomes true."
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"James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity."
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"Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep."
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"Strength of character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break, it's also about how much you can handle after you've broken."
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"Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake."
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"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."
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"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised."
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"You can and should stand up for who you are and what you represent, without fear or prejudice. You take the promises you have made to yourself and to others very seriously."
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"Some men escape the grip. Maybe their wives have no social ambitions; maybe they've hit a sentence or two in a 'dangerous book' that pleased them; maybe they started on the treadmill as I did and were knocked off. Anyway, they're the congressmen you can't bribe, the Presidents who aren't politicians, the writers, speakers, scientists, statesmen who aren't just populate grab-bags for a half-dozen women and children."
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"Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."
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"Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part."
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"Let them judge you.Let them misunderstand you.Let them gossip about you.Their opinions aren't your problem.You stay kind, committed to love, and free in your authenticity.No matter what they do or say,don't you dare doubt your worthor the beauty of your truth.Just keep on shining like you do."
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"There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be."
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"Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts."
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"I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee."
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"Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."
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"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."
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"I shall not waste any of our brief time together flattering your ego, as others have done before, with all this nonsense about skills and talents that do not help, or worse, that you do not actually possess."
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"Commitment is an act, not a word."
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"Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldn't rely on it, because it's not guaranteed and it's not permanent and it's not sufficient. So work hard, fall in love with the writing-the characters, the story, the words, the themes-and make sure that you are who you are regardless of your life circumstances. That way, when the good things come, they don't warp you, and when the bad things hit you, you don't fall apart."
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"I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes."
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