Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

We must practice what we preach.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.

Integrity is critical to our lives - and to our dreams of achievement. We must remember that without integrity, nothing else matters and that with integrity, nothing else matters.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

Integrity is keeping my commitments even if the circumstances when I made those commitments have changed.

Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands.

Do well and right and let the world sink.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life: Be faithful to your spouse. Be the one at the office who refuses to cheat. Be the neighbor who acts neighbors. Be the employee who does the work and doesn't complain. Pay your bills. Do your part and enjoy life. Don't speak one message and live another. People are watching the way we act more than they are listening to what we say.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Let us be tried by our actions.