Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Quotes

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

Integrity is incredibly important to me. As long as you're authentic, you can do no wrong.

In the absence of their superior's adherence to the law, honorable men either speak up or get out

People should be judged by the principles they espouse and the principles they betray.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

...it's so hard to find men of a so high type of morals that they'll stay bought.

I have my values and I always stick with them.

My moral compass is strong.

My mum's got morals and principles, and I've been brought up with those ideas and beliefs.

I am comfortable that the principles that I articulated were never compromised.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

Character is the essence of all that a man has seen in life and regards as high and exalted. Character is like truth: the substance of the things that a man has forgotten but the substance of the things that are worth remembering in life.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

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