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I have no desire to be president of the United States. Zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable. And there are far too many people that are far smarter than me to be president. I'd like to find one with some honor and integrity. I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up.
Oct 1, 2025
For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, thats the way I want to live my life. It moved me.
You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.
Honor your commitments with integrity.
A man should be upright, not kept upright.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
When your mission is to restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary.
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
No polity can be devised which shall perpetuate freedom among a people that are dead to honor and integrity. Liberty and virtue are twin sisters, and the best fabric in the world . . . .
Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to restore honor and integrity to the White House. Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest president since Richard M. Nixon.
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather.
Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort.
Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.
I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground - there is the possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first!
In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.
Victory with honor and integrity is the real goal of sport. Sometimes it happens that others are better than you. I could never beat Carl Lewis in a hundred-yard dash, but my victory might be in running faster today than I did yesterday.
McCain was introduced at the convention last night by his wife -- I won't say 'trophy wife' -- but she did $300,000 worth of clothes and jewelry on, no matter to the party of the little guy. But Cindy McCain talked about how his character, honor and integrity made him the exact kind of married man she was looking to pick up at a bar.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
Have the courage to face the truth
Do the right thing because it is right.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
This above all; to thine own self be true.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.