Best Integrity Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

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

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Only in the exceptional case, where the integrity and competence of the advisers have been thoroughly demonstrated, should the investor act upon the advice of others without understanding and approving the decision made.

My parents worked really hard at communicating other values they felt were important, such as integrity, courage, humility, treating others with dignity and respect, and having a thirst for knowledge.

Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity.

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

The truth is more important than the facts.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right.

There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.

It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.

As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.