INTEGRITY

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“But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.  Rescue me and show me favor.” – King David – Ps. 26:11 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.  Also, the state of being whole and undivided. – WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY

To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi

Character is what we are in the dark. – Dwight Moody

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.  Here I stand, I can do no other.  So help me, God. Amen. – Martin Luther

No change of circumstance can change a defect in character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Honesty, for the most part, is less profitable than dishonesty. – Plato

The best index to a person’s character is (1) how he treats people who can’t do him any good (2) and how he treats people who can’t fight back. – Abigail van Buren

The supreme quality for leadership is integrity.  Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, in an office. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

The further behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. – Isabella Eberhardt

A man should never be shamed to say that he has been wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. – Alexander Pope

Honesty is when you’re truthful with others—integrity is when you’re truthful with yourself—and with God. – Gary Pulliam

The only way you can control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. –Tom Hanks

Character matters.  Leadership descends from character. – Rush Limbaugh

“Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself.  The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Atticus Finch to Scout – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it. – Rousseau

Success is always temporary.  When it’s all said and done, the only thing you have left is your character. – Vince Gill

Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. – Oprah Winfrey

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“It is unthinkable for me to declare you men righteous!  Until I die, I will not renounce my integrity.” – Moses –Job 27:5 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney

“It’s a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.  It’s a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” – Charles Darney facing execution by guillotine at the conclusion of A TALE OF TWO CITIES – Charles Dickens

The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose. – Unknown

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. – Warren Buffett.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. – H. Jackson Browne Jr.

Character, not circumstance, makes a person. – Booker T. Washington

The best proof of love is trust. – Dr. Joyce Brothers                                

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – Samuel Johnson

Your talent is God’s gift to you.  What you do with it is your gift back to God. – Leo Buscaglia           

Integrity has no need of rules. – Albert Camus

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. – Alexander Hamilton

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. – John Ruskin

A man can only do what a man can do.  But if he does that each day he can sleep. – Albert Schweitzer

A name is a blueprint for what we call character.  You ask: “What is a name?  I answer: Just about everything you do.” – Morris Mandel

No man should advocate a course in private life that he is ashamed of in public life. – George McGovern

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 “Keep praying for us, for we trust we have an honest conscience, as we wish to conduct ourselves honestly in all things.” – Apostle Paul – Heb. 13:18 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. – Victor Hugo

Don’t worry so much about your self-esteem.  Worry more about your character.  Integrity is its own reward. – Laura Schlessinger

Wisdom is knowing what to do next—Skill is knowing how to do it—Virtue is doing it. –Wow!

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees the others. – Aristotle

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. – English proverb

A man should be upright, not be kept upright. – Marcus Aurelius

If you steal an idea, you’re a thief—if you steel many, it’s research. – Anonymous, maybe

Integrity is what we say, what we do, and what we say we do. – Don Galer

It is far better to be trusted and respected than it is to be liked. – Unknown

If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing.  You can’t buy it.  You can have alL the money in the world, but if you are not a moral or ethical person, you really have nothing. – Henry Kravis

Do good, be good, and stay good. – My son, Toby’s prayer at 6 years old – Gary Pulliam

A building has integrity, just as a man.  And just as seldom. – Ayn Rand

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to ponder and reflect. – Mark Twain                                                   

Losers make promises they often break.  Winners make commitments they always keep. – Denis Waitley

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything. -- Plutarch

Integrity is not a 90 per cent thing, not a 95 per cent thing; either you have it or you don’t. – Peter Scotese

The foundation stones for a balanced success are humility, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. – Zig Zigler                                                       

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“No temptation has come upon you except what is common to men.  But God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out so that you may be able to endure it.” – Apostle Paul– 1 Cor.10:13 – The HOLY SCRIPTURES

Integrity simply means not violating one’s own identity. – Erich Fromm

“The great do what they like—the little do what they can.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

Integrity is telling the truth to myself. Honesty is telling the truth to other people. – Gary Pulliam

Mistakes are the usual bridges between inexperience and wisdom. – Phyllis Therous

The strength of a nation comes from the integrity of the home. – Confucius  

It is far easier to forgive an enemy after you have gotten even with them. – Olin Miller            

There is no exercise better than reaching down andlifting people up. – John Andrews Holmes

Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – G. B. Stern

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plato                     

By immersing ourselves in something honest and loving, we don’t lose ourselves.  We keep our identity.   – Gary Pulliam