Integrity Quotes

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

~ Ben Carson

I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it.

~ Cesar Millan

Integrity is the antithesis of compromise and the sworn enemy of comfort. It bases its decisions not on how much discomfort we might be able to avoid, but on how much we need to avoid the compromise of comfort.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Would to God we were all Christians who profess to be Christians, and that we lived up to what we profess. Then would the Christian shine forth “clear as the sun, fair as the moon,” and what besides—why, “amazing as an army withbanners”! A consistent Church is an amazing Church—an honest, upright Church would shake the world! The tramp ofgodly men is the tramp of heroes; these are the thundering legions that sweep everything before them. The men that arewhat they profess to be, hate the semblance of a lie—whatever shape it wears—and would sooner die than do that which is dishonest, or that which would be degrading to the glory of a Heaven-born race, and to the honor of Him by whose name they have been called! O Christians! You will be the world’s contempt; you will be their despising, and hissing unless you live for one objective!

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

If your master demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty.

~ Jeff Wheeler

Loyalty, while it can be admirable is also conditional. Dependent on forces inside and out, on perceptions, on likes and dislikes. It can be misguided and flawed, even dumb depending on circumstance.Integrity, however, has no conditions. It cannot be earned. It is not based on circumstance, but on inherent strength, belief and purpose. To be called loyal isn't necessarily a compliment. Hitler's henchman were loyal. To be recognized for integrity is a true honor.

~ Red Haircrow

Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one’s consciousness can permit the faking of existence.

~ Ayn Rand

Integrity is a high rock above which the stormy ocean of worldly troubles cannot rise.

~ Alan Cohen

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself.

~ Hermann Hesse

When the evening comes, prepare yourself for the morrow ~Donald Pillai

~ Donald Pillai

While some people are enraged over opposing facts as an attack on their belief system and integrity, I take them as an ADDITION to mine!12/13/14

~ Lance L. Denney

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

~ R. Buckminster Fuller

A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.

~ Chris Crutcher

Integrity of life is fame's best friend,Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.

~ John Webster

Don’t ask a yes or no question unless the person being asked can say no without hesitation.

~ Clifford Cohen

A few people of integrity can go a long way.

~ Bill Kauth

You can make any promises as long as you are not going to be there to fulfill them.

~ Pawan Mishra

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

The greatest work you will ever do is charity; the most divine work you will ever do will be changing people’s perception of God, while you’re doing charity.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Pampered content is a public resignation of artistic integrity.

~ Kevin Focke

Nothing more inelegant and ineffective than an art conceived in another art's form.

~ Robert Bresson

There is but one rule of conduct for a man: to do the right thing. The cost may be dear in money, in friends, in influence, in labor, in a prolonged and painful sacrifice; but the cost not to do right is far more far more dear: you pay in the integrity of your manhood, in honor, in truth, in character. You forfeit your soul's content and for a timely gain, you barter the infinities.

~ Lucius H. Bugbee

I value ethical standards, of course. But in a culture like ours – which devalues or dismisses the reality and power of the inner life – ethics too often becomes an external code of conduct, an objective set of rules we are told to follow, a moral exoskeleton we put on hoping to prop ourselves up. The problem with exoskeletons is simple: we can slip them off as easily as we can don them.

~ Parker J. Palmer

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Integrity is the best attire to put on because the without integrity one cannot conceal his nakedness.

~ Gugu Mona

The fundamental characteristic that enables hidden leadership to bloom is demonstrating integrity.

~ Scott K. Edinger

When you meet familiarity which demeans true integrity, run away!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You ask me to make a promise? I am in a cage. No promise I make is trustworthy because I would do anything to be rid of this cage. Promise me that you will not treat me like an animal or a spectacle, and I will see what I can do.

~ J.m. Mcdermott

Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny.

~ Heraclitus

The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones. They erode our strength, our self-esteem, our very foundation.

~ Cheryl Hughes

When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.

~ Cheryl Hughes

Brand integrity is the ability to present one’s brand both in words and deeds to be true, respectable and acceptable without compromising on standards (brand’s promise).

~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

~ Lao Tzu

Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

~ M.h. Mckee

These characters depend to such a high degree on their own sense of integrity that for them, victory has nothing to do with happiness. It has more to do with a settling within oneself, a movement inward that makes them whole. Their reward is not happiness...what James's characters gain is self-respect.

~ Azar Nafisi

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

~ George Foreman

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

~ Sydney Biddle Barrows

There are really four 'headlines' for me: honesty, integrity, hard work, and what I call a 'can-do' attitude. You could call that 'can-do' attitude optimism, but it is not Pollyannaish optimism. Rather, it is a 'we'll figure it out' type of mentality.

~ Dylan Taylor

We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.

~ Sam Houston