Betty White Quotes

We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

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

Integrity, like humility, is a quality which vanishes the moment we are conscious of it in ourselves. We see it only in others.

No matter what is the environment around you, it is always possible to maintain your brand of integrity

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

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.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

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

Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages, are constantly striving for.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

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.

Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want to do and what we ought to do. Integrity establishes the ground rules for resolving these tensions. it determines who we are and how we will respond before the conflict even appears. Integrity welds what we say, think, and do, into a whole person so that permission is never granted for one of these to be out of sync.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

I'd rather be good than lucky.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

If I were asked to say the most important things that lead to a successful life, I should say that, first of all, was integrity - unimpeachable integrity.