The document contains short quotes from various historical figures and authors about honesty and integrity. Aristotle notes that men acquire qualities through consistent actions. Samuel Johnson argues that integrity without knowledge is weak but knowledge without integrity is dangerous. Warren Buffet advises in hiring people to look for integrity first, as intelligence and energy will be problematic without integrity.
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Quotes about Professional Integrity
1. "Men acquire a particular quality
by constantly acting in a particular
way."
— Aristotle
2. ï‚ž"Integrity without knowledge is
weak and useless, and
knowledge without integrity is
dangerous and dreadful."
— Samuel Johnson
3. ï‚ž "What is left when honor is lost?"
— Publilius Syrus
4. ï‚ž "No one can be happy who has been thrust
outside the pale of truth. And there are two
ways that one can be removed from this
realm: by lying, or by being lied to.“
— Seneca
5. ï‚ž "Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by
your own."
— American Proverb
6. ï‚ž "If you tell the truth you don't have to
remember anything."
— Mark Twain
7. ï‚ž "In looking for people to hire, you look for
three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and
energy. And if they don't have the first, the
other two will kill you."
— Warren Buffet
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway