Integrity is a word many of us were not taught growing up. Yet it is the core of morality and justice – most of us did not need to define it with a word. Enjoy this brief collection of quotes on integrity and character.
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
― Albert Einstein
“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.”
― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
― Spencer Johnson
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
― Oprah Winfrey
“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.”
― Barbara De Angelis
“Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really where failure comes.”
― Tom Cochrane
Perhaps the surest test of an individual’s integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
― Thomas S. Monson
“It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“A person who is fundamentally honest doesn’t need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.”
— Harry S. Truman
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”
— Albert Einstein
“There are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Religion without sacrifice; Politics without principle; Science without humanity; Business without ethics.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Your reputation and integrity are everything. Follow through on what you say you’re going to do. Your credibility can only be built over time, and it is built from the history of your words and actions.”
— Maria Razumich-Zec
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