integrity Quotes

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.