Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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.

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

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.

Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

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

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.

Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.

Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.

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

It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest.

Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.

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.

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.

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.

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

Honesty is better than any policy.

In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this.

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.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

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

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.