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Quotes about Integrity

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
— Henry David Thoreau
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
— Henry David Thoreau
Being greedy for money is the surest way not to get it, but when one serves for the sake of service—for the satisfaction of doing that which one believes to be right—then money abundantly takes care of itself.
— Henry Ford
The natural thing to do is to work—to recognize that prosperity and happiness can be obtained only through honest effort.
— Henry Ford
People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it gets politicians. Statesmen are leaders who uphold what is right regardless of the popularity of the position. Statesmen speak out to achieve good for their people, not to win votes. Statesmen promote the general good rather than regional or personal self-interest.
— Henry Blackaby
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Expedients are for an hour, but principles are for the ages.Just because the rains descend, and the winds blow, we cannot afford to build on the shifting sands.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
— Henry Ward Beecher
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
— Henry Ward Beecher