Quotes about Integrity

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

President Lincoln was a master communicator, and humility was at the heart of all he said.

We are much more forgiving of those who are willing to come clean right away.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Once I did bad and that I heard ever, twice I did good, but that I heard never.

Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else. The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.

There is an old saying: 'Give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him.' But give him a good name — and see what happens!

the praise you offer must be genuine and heartfelt

If I were to try to read, much less to answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how—the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Kingdom praying and its efficacy is entirely a matter of the innermost heart's being totally open and honest before God. It is a matter of what we are saying with our whole being, moving with resolute intent and clarity of mind into the flow of God's action.

To manipulate, drive or manage people is not the same thing as to lead them.

He said, "The main thing that you bring the church is the person that you become, and that's what everybody will see; that's what will get reproduced; that's what people will believe. Arrange your life so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.