Quotes about Integrity

We pray that as you walk the paths of life you will walk in ways that are straight with the strength to conform even though those paths be narrow.

Simple honesty is so remarkable a quality. It is of the very essence of Integrity.

That's the test, when all is said and done. Does it persuade one to do good, to rise, to stand tall, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be generous? Then it is of the Spirit of God. If it is dark, sinister, ugly, not good, then you may know that it is of the adversary.

Within us is something of divinity. One who has this knowledge and permits it to influence his life will not stoop to do a mean or cheap or tawdry thing.

Is this old-fashioned? Of course it is. It is as old as truth itself.

To highlight the mistakes of a person and gloss over the greater good is to draw a caricature. Caricatures are amusing, but they are often ugly and dishonest.

Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.

...that freshness of feeling, that delicate honor which shrinks from wounding even a sentiment...

Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. People talk sometimes of secret vices. There are no such things. If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of his hands even.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.

But when there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.