Integrity Quotes
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"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will."
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."
"I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate."
"In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard."
"Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. May you never appeal to Heaven in prayers so hopeless and so agised as in that hour left my lips: for never may you, like me, dread to be the instrument of evil to what you wholly love."
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have."
"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."
"Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others once had of you then you must ask yourself if you have the problem or is it really them? God doesn’t make us try so hard, only enemies do."
"In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot."
"Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel."
"Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong."
"I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats."
"I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words."
"The thought manifests the word;The word manifests the deed;The deed develops into habit;And habit hardens into character;So watch the thought and its ways with care,And let them spring forth from loveBorn out of compassion for all beings.As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become."
"The lesson will always repeat itself, unless you see yourself as the problem--not others."
"Friendship is thinking of the other person first."
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
"Anyone who says he knows God's intention is showing a lot of very human ego."
"Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear."
"Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.Let it teach you Being.Let it teach you integrity — which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real.Let it teach you how to live and how to die, and how not to make living and dying into a problem."
"If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort."
"Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun."
"Your words will either give you joy or give you sorrow, but if they were spoken without regret, they give you peace."
"Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other."
"The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit."
"To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.(Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)"
"Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first."
"Some say if you want success surround yourself with successful people. I say if you want true and lasting success surround yourself with people of integrity."
"Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails."
"Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one's behaviour."
"Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail."
"A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people. Leadership is not restricted to position and age; it is self-made and influencial. Everyone has this self-leadership quality."
"Self-leaders do not look for followers because they are busily pursuing their influencial dreams that followers will trace and ask for. Followers look for influence and that can be obtained from self-leaders."
"When all is said and done all anyone has left is their integrity at their core... Don't give that away too."
"You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence; self-made leaders do not look for followers. Followers look for them."
"A leader should always be open to criticism, not silencing dissent. Any leader who does not tolerate criticism from the public is afraid of their dirty hands to be revealed under heavy light. And such a leader is dangerous, because they only feel secure in the darkness. Only a leader who is free from corruption welcomes scrutiny; for scrutiny allows a good leader to be an even greater leader."
"The concept of leadership is abused by people who think a person becomes a leader when he grows grey hair, put into a position and expected to function. Everyone has a leadership potential carried within in a specific area of his or purpose. Leadership is universal and built on trust."
"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words."
"Integrity is the ultimate foundation of leadership."
"Without honesty and integrity, success is nothing but a terrible failure."
"Integrity and self trust are the two important powers that can help you to reach success."
"I care not for the body which may rot. Yet, for the transgression of the spirit, of moral ethics, of life, liberty and the soul itself, I must and shall cross the line of battle or lose the very reason not to."
"Top 15 Things Money Can’t BuyTime. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity."
"Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, and doing as you say you would do."
"Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do."
"Your private self must become the same as your public self."
John Kuypers, The Non Judgmental Christian: Five Lessons That Will Revolutionize Your Relationships
"Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge."
"Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity."
"It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life."
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