Thomas Sowell Quotes

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

Look at all those American preachers who got caught with their pants down. They say one thing and they are doing another. I try to be more honest about it, both in my thinking and my behavior.

People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.

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.

Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

Cheating is only cheating when you get caught.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

Integrity means having the courage to do what is right, and what is aligned with your values, no matter the situation.

Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform.

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

Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.

Nature doesn't cheat - people do.

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.

I would hope that we can load our moral computers with three elements of integrity: 1. Dealing justly with oneself. 2. Dealing justly with others. 3. Recognizing the law of the harvest.

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

What we take for virtue is often nothing but an assemblage of different actions, and of different interests, that fortune or our industry knows how to arrange.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.

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

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.