A little integrity is better than any career

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Career Quotes, Integrity Quotes

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant;...

The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant;...