John Ruskin Quotes

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

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

I try to be honest.

Honesty is better than any policy.

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

Integrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions.

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.

Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

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.

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

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

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.

Sincerity is moral truth.

Sincerity is the norm of Heaven and the law of our nature. China and the West agree on this point, for without sincerity, no human prince could ever found a state, and no earthly teacher could ever establish a religion.

My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.

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.

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 is no greater virtue than honesty.

I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

It is as bad to clip conscience as to clip coin; it is as bad to give a counterfeit statement as a counterfeit bill.

The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat what he believes to be true must determine his actions.