integrity Quotes

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.