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Integrity Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.
- Be not merely good. Be good for something.
- This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing…
- Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
- Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
- What is once well done is done forever.
- Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
More Integrity Quotes
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
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- Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
- If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
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- Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon
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