Quotations and aphorisms about integrity (proverbs and idioms are also acceptable)

1. Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise enough, and those who are not trustworthy in their words are not fruitful in their actions. --Mo Zhai, "Mozi - Cultivation of the body"

Translation: If the ambition is not strong, the wisdom will not be fully utilized; if the speech is not trustworthy, his actions will not be bold.

2. The sea and the lake can still be tilted, but the promise of the mouth will never be moved.?

Translation: The sea may dry up, the mountains may fall, but the promises made are always unchangeable.

3. If a man does not have faith, he does not know what he can do.

Translation: If a man loses his credit or does not keep his word, he does not know what else he can do.

4. The true one is the most refined and sincere, and if one is not refined and sincere, one cannot be moved. --Chuang Zhou, "Zhuangzi - The Fisherman's Father", Warring States

Translation: Where one's sincerity reaches, it can move heaven and earth, and make gold and stone crack for it.

5. Sincerity is the way of heaven; thinking of sincerity is the way of man. --Meng Zi, "Meng Zi - Li Lou Shang", by Meng Zi of the Warring States?

Translation: Sincerity is the way of nature; sincerity of heart is the way of the world.