Quotes about Integrity
THE PRICE TAG OF LEADERSHIP: SELF-DISCIPLINE
— John Maxwell
It has been said that you don't really know people until you have observed them when they interact with a child, when the car has a flat tire, when the boss is away, and when they think no one will ever know. But people with integrity never have to worry about that. No matter where they are, who they are with, or what kind of situation they find themselves in, they are consistent and live by their principles.
— John Maxwell
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Trust men and they will be true to you: treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
— John Maxwell
You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.
— John Maxwell
Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it.
— John Maxwell
A leader cannot demand of others what he does not demand of himself.
— John Maxwell
ASK NO MORE OF OTHERS THAN YOU ARE ASKING OF YOURSELF.
— John Maxwell
V. Gilbert Beers says, "A person of integrity is one who has established a system of values against which all of life is judged." Integrity is not what we do so much as who we are. And who we are, in turn, determines what we do. Our
— John Maxwell
Livingstone replied, "If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." That's what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won't.
— John Maxwell
Good character, with honesty and integrity at its core, is essential to success in any area of life. Without it, a person is building on shifting sand.
— John Maxwell
two things are responsible for making leadership rise? The first is competence. No one wants to follow an incompetent leader. The second is values. Values are principles that guide your decisions and behaviors.
— John Maxwell
My friend Dan Reiland says, "A genuine friend encourages and challenges us to live out our best thoughts, honor our purest motives, and achieve our most significant dreams." That's what we need to do with the important people in our lives.
— John Maxwell