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integrity opinion
The integrity that lives only on opinion would starve without it. Charles Caleb Colton
integrity men cost
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
integrity letters ethics
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. Charles Dickens
integrity greatness firsts
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Charles Simmons
integrity greatness men
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
integrity light shining
There is an ineffable mystery that underlies ourselves and the world. It is the darkness from which the light shines. When you recognize the integrity of the universe and that death is as certain as birth, then you can relax and accept that this is the way it is. There is nothing else to do. Alan Watts
integrity arbitrary guarantees
There is nothing to guarantee the superior judgment, knowledge, and integrity of an inspector or a bureaucrat-and the deadly consequences of entrusting him with arbitrary power are obvious. Alan Greenspan
integrity self-esteem mean
Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding that men survive by means of virtue, not vices. It is this superlatively moral system that the welfare statists propose to improve upon by means of preventative law, snooping bureaucrats, and the chronic goad of fear.
integrity patriotic utterance
No one understood better than Stalin that the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought immediately reveals itself as a jarring dissonance. Alan Bullock
pride sickness breaking-down
There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.
pride men becoming
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
pride keepers
Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.
pride self attractive
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.
pride may charity
Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.
pride common-sense prudence
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
pride cutting animal
The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.
pride self vanity
Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied, and can extract a feeling of self-complacency from qualifications that are imaginary.
pride charity may
Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is contented with exhortation and example, but pride is not to be so easily satisfied. ... Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.
risk superstitions currents
No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary...
risk may banking
Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.
risk aftermath economy
History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
risk debt aftermath
Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices, ... This is the reason that history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
risk acting doe
The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks. Al Pacino
risk myopic carpet
We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
risk normal anthem
There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia. Dave Barry
risk matter laurels
When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big. David Sze
risk care
I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care. Carlos Ruiz Zafon