Herbert Hoover Quotes

The last degree of honesty has always been, and is still considered incompatible with statesmanship. To hunger and thirst after righteousness has been naturally, as it were, supposed a disqualification for affairs.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

Corruption hates what is not corrupt.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

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.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

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

Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.

Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.

Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.

Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

You will never win if you don't deal with your work ethically. All that you need to do is to stick to your principles; morals are relative.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

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

It is impossible to deny that dishonest men often grow rich and famous, becoming powerful in their parish or in parliament. Their portraits grace shop windows; and they live and die respected. This success is theirs; yet it is not the success which a noble soul will envy.

You can't adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises.

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.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.