On Integrity

"A little integrity is better than any career."

"To starve to death is a small thing, but to lose one's integrity is a great one."

"The integrity of the game is everything."

"I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up."

 "Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. . . . Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process."

"You have lived longer than I have and perhaps may have formed a different judgment on better grounds; but my observations do not enable me to say I think integrity the characteristic of wealth. In general I believe the decisions of the people, in a body, will be more honest and more disinterested than those of wealthy men."

"Necessity may well be called the mother of invention - but calamity is the test of integrity."

"Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens."

"I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second."

"For the Lord grants wisdom!  From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.  He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.  He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him."

"In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely. And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching. Teach the truth so that your teaching can't be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us."

"One's mere word should be as a signed agreement attested by legal witnesses."

-Curtis Vaughan