Quotes about Integrity

The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.

Don't curse God; and don't damn your leaders.

Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor.

Those who parade the rhetoric of liberation but scorn the wisdom of service do not lead people into the glorious liberty of the children of God but into a cramped and covetous squalor.

And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me—Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.

You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

Good poetry survives not when it is pretty or beautiful or nice but when it is true: accurate and honest.

We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

May I gain no victory that harms me or my opponent. May I reconcile friends who are mad at each other. May I, insofar as I can, give all necessary help to my friends and to all who are in need. May I never fail a friend in trouble. -- Prayer on the Golden Rule (abridged)