Integrity Quotes

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

"For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change."

"To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on."

"As a kid, I always loved serialized books. It's the reason why people love 'Harry Potter.' Serialization is amazing. It works in television. It works in film and it works in books. Especially when you're a young kid, you get attached to these characters."

"The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity."

"My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I've put them all to work onstage."

"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

"Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

"Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered."

"The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke."

"The principle of art is to pause, not bypass."

"Beauty has a lot to do with character."

"A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful."

"Integrity reveals beauty."

"Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful."

"A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant."

"The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives."

"There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles."

"No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."

"Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming."

"Change your opinions, keep to your principles change your leaves, keep intact your roots."

"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change."

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

"People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

"The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility."

"There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King."

"Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people."

"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained."

"He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage."

"Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character."

"Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage."

"I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth."

"When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories."

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

"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."

"Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

"High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true."

"Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society."

"I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second."

"You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams."

"Take pleasure in your dreams relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover."

"The real hero is always a hero by mistake he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else."

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."

"To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education."

"The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education."

"The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done."

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."