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To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them. ~
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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
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The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
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It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ~
~ Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. ~
~ There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. ~
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Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life.
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Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors. ~
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Strive for integrity - that means knowing your values in life and behaving in a way that is consistent with these values. ~
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Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
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~ Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. ~