Quotes about Integrity
You can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.
— Publilius Syrus
I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.
— George Washington
Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.
— Abraham Lincoln
People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
— JC Ryle
God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.
— Paulo Coelho
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
— Thomas Paine
And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.
— Abraham Lincoln
The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
— Millard Fillmore
You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.
— John Maxwell
The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.
— Rick Warren
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
— George Bernard Shaw