Tamora Pierce Quotes

He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.

When rogues fall out, honest men get into their own.

Honesty is better than any policy.

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.

I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

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.

I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.

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

People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.

I do not believe with the Rochefoucaults and the Montaignes that fourteen out of fifteen men are rogues. I believe a great abatement from that proportion may be made in favor of general honesty.

I don't cheat.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

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

Integrity is the most needed to succeed in business.

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

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?

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

Integrity expects integrity.

I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me.

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

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.

You can't cheat an honest man.

Well, I'm not a crook.