Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [161-180] of 530 Integrity quotesIntegrity QuotesIntegrity Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.~ Frederick W. Faber Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.~ William Faulkner Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end? The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a war growing in intensity and bitterness.~ Justice Stephen J. Field A man may be born a jackass; but it is his business if he makes himself a double one.~ Martin H. Fischer A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes — so check your value to the community. ~ Martin H. Fischer And I cannot see, why arms should be denied to any man who is not a slave, since they are the only true badges of liberty.~ Andrew Fletcher We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.~ Abraham Flexner The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.~ B. C. Forbes Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.~ Jerome D. Frank Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.~ Arthur Freed There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.~ French Proverb He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief.~ Dr. Thomas Fuller 'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.~ Thomas Fuller If I said, "The live-and-let-live people I've met are generally warm and generous, although often reserved and respectful, while the control freaks I've met are generally cynical, mean and aggressively obnoxious," would that seem likely to be true? Of course it does. It IS true, and it's obviously logically consistent and what you'd expect. BUT, if I said, "I've found the intellectual defenders of private property and laissez-faire capitalism whom I've met to be generally warm and generous, while the so-called "liberal" defenders of the welfare state I've found to be often cynical, mean and tight-fisted in their personal lives," would THAT seem likely to be true? Think about it. Well, it's also true ... it's a matter of semantics, or word choice. BECAUSE BOTH SENTENCES SAY EXACTLY THE SAME THING.~ Rick Gaber A moderate is either someone who has no moral code of his own, or if he does, then he's someone who doesn't have the guts to take sides between good and evil.~ Rick Gaber Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.~ Don Galer My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.~ Indira Gandhi The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print