Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains.

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

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

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

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.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

I'm actually a very moral guy.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

[Ross Perot] thinks that proclaiming honesty is the same as being honest.

I'm 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.

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.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

honesty is hard work.

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.