Browsing Topic Best Integrity Quotes

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Be as you wish to seem.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

It’s not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

To be nobody-but-yourself – in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your integrity.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.

All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Integrity starts from the inside out, not the outside in.

Neither the military might nor the economic and technological development makes a nation great. It is made great by it’s citizens with Self Respect and Integrity ingrained in their lives.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

The political superstition is still holding sway over the hearts and minds of the masses, but the true lovers of liberty will have no more to do with it. Instead, they believe with Stirner that man has as much liberty as he is willing to take. Anarchism therefore stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. But defiance and resistance are illegal. Therein lies the salvation of man. Everything illegal necessitates integrity, self-reliance and courage.

The truth is more important than the facts.