Mark Meadows Quotes

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

There was a slow-motion swift boating of Hillary Clinton in '15.

The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.

Actually, no one is born honest or corrupt.

Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.

God grant to all of us the power and strength to be people of integrity, and the insight and wisdom to avoid being led into the snares of the dishonest.

There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right.

We're dealing with character assassins. We're dealing with career assassins. That's who the media is today.

Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.

It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.

I would like to remembered as President as somebody who did not compromise principles in order to try to be loved or liked.

What can be more honorable than to have courage enough to execute the commands of reason and conscience,--to maintain the dignity of our nature, and the station assigned us?

Concepts of integrity and heroism and honor are still important to the world today. Some people behave well, and some people behave badly.

And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy as that. If that were all, I'd say ninety-five percent of humanity were honest, upright men. Only, as you can see, they aren't. Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.

Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.

Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

Integrity is what you do behind closed doors or when you think nobody is watching. Integrity is the true essence of who you are, your beliefs and your values. Reputation is the public perception of who you are. It is how others view your integrity or strong moral principles.

My parents worked really hard at communicating other values they felt were important, such as integrity, courage, humility, treating others with dignity and respect, and having a thirst for knowledge.

No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression.