Zachary Taylor Quotes

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

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.

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.

I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!

I will never cheat in any walk of life.

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

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

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.

What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be grasped thus?

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.

May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

We are men of action. Lies do not become us.

The life of an honest man must be a perpetual infidelity.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.

If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.

I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.

Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.

Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.

Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles.