quotations about integrity
He that regards his integrity must second all things to his honor.
G. SILVESTRE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
WILLIAM COBBETT
Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
The History of Rasselas
Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
VANESSA REDGRAVE
attributed, Good-bye Baby and Amen
Integrity in youth is almost certain to become wisdom and honor in old age.
H. W. SHAW
attributed, Day's Collacon
Integrity, as an abstract principle, has innumerable advantages over cunning and duplicity; it requires no thought or effort to maintain it in the eyes of the world, before whom it shines brilliantly of itself, while the latter require constant accumulations to preserve appearances.
J. R. DARLEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Every man ought to speak and act with such integrity that no one would have reason to doubt his simple affirmation.
PYTHAGORAS
attributed, Day's Collacon
For the integrity of a man's heart we can learn much from the consistency of his life: conduct is, perhaps, the best paradigm of intention or desire.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
When a man walks in integrity and justice, happy are his children after him.
BIBLE
Proverbs 20:7
Integrity in word and deed is the backbone of character.
SAMUEL SMILES
Self-Help
It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.
BIBLE
Proverbs 19:1
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean.
DON MIGUEL RUIZ
The Four Agreements
On personal integrity hangs humanity's fate.
BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Critical Path
Success does not necessarily involve great intellect, or great position, or great wealth; it has to do with inner integrity. Remember that.
JANE ROBERTS
Seth Speaks
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks.
DOUGLAS ADAMS
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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.
BARBAR DE ANGELIS
Real Moments: Discover the Secret for True Happiness
Integrity hath many advantages over all the arts of dissimulation and deceit; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way; it hath less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last, when deceit and cunning, which continually grow weaker and less effectual, will finally fail us.
JOHN TILLOTSON
attributed, Day's Collacon
A little integrity is better than any career.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The Conduct of Life
My mother said I broke her heart ... but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us ... but within that inch we are free.
ALAN MOORE
V for Vendetta
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Essays