Kiran Bedi Quotes

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

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

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

Not everything that is legal is reputable.

We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness—the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity, in fiction.

All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.

It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.

Integrity is the core of our character.

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

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

But courage without conduct is the virtue of a robber, or a tyrant.

I would teach my child to respect what is right - the word right is a difficult word to use - I would teach him to respect the intrinsic value of things. Do you see what I mean? The true proportion of things.