Quotes about Integrity
It is the complete system of divine truth to which nothing can be added and from which nothing can be taken with impunity. Every attempt to disguise or soften any branch of this truth in order to accommodate it to the prevailing taste around us either to avoid the displeasure or court the favor of our fellow mortals must be an affront to the majesty of God and an act of treachery to men.
— John Newton
Democracy is like a tamborine - not everyone can be trusted with it.
— John Oliver
But to grow spiritually means to live increasingly as Jesus would in our unique place—to perceive what Jesus would perceive if he looked through our eyes, to think what he would think, to feel what he would feel, and therefore to do what he would do.
— John Ortberg
You don't have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the few great things that matter, perhaps just one, and then be willing to live for them and die for them. The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing.
— John Piper
The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance—a life defined by the question, "What is permissible?"—felt almost disgusting to me. I didn't want a minimal life. I didn't want to live on the outskirts of reality. I wanted to understand the main thing about life and pursue it.
— John Piper
Christians do not just go to work. They go to work "with God". They do not just do a job. They do their job "with God".
— John Piper
On the other hand, emotion without truth produces empty frenzy and cultivates shallow people who refuse the discipline of rigorous thought.
— John Piper
In the end, the only 'good name' that matters is not how men feel about us, but how God feels about us.
— John Piper
Don't make peace with the sin in your life.
— John Piper
O, how easy it is to do religious things if other people are watching! Preaching, praying, attending church, reading the bible, acts of kindness and charity-they all take on a certain pleasantness of the ego if we know that others will find out about them and think well of us. It is a deadly addiction for esteem that we have.
— John Piper
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
— John Piper
Authenticity begins when you start by admitting that you are inauthentic.
— John Piper