Quotes about Integrity
The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.
— Henry David Thoreau
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
— Henry David Thoreau
Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.
— Henry David Thoreau
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
— Henry David Thoreau
We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
— Henry David Thoreau
A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.
— Henry David Thoreau
Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.
— Henry David Thoreau
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