Quotes about Integrity
The foundation of moral life as God's truthfulness.
— John Piper
The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.
— John Piper
There is no point in winning an argument if you know or suspect you are wrong.
— John Piper
self-interest is not the same as selfishness.
— John Piper
If we are seeking to serve the God of truth then we should really welcome truth from whatever source it comes. We shouldn't fear the truth. Some of it will be from science, obviously, but by no means all of it. It will sometimes by perplexing, how this bit of truth relates to that bit of truth; we know that within science itself often enough and we find it outside of science as well. The crucial thing is to be honest.
— John Polkinghorne
A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.
— John Quincy Adams
I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong.
— John Quincy Adams
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.
— John Quincy Adams
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
— John Quincy Adams
Truth should not be forced it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.
— John Updike
Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath.
— John Updike