Quotes about Integrity

Sometimes, to do the right thing, we must keep a promise we never made.

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

What an important lesson for all of us! The words that come out of our mouths are a direct indicator of what is in our hearts. Idle

It is important to remember that anytime you feel the need to begin a conversation with the words, I probably shouldn't tell you this, but . . . it's almost always a conversation that shouldn't happen at all. So, if you feel the need to say, I probably shouldn't say this . . . then DON'T! Just hush. That little nudge you are feeling is probably the Holy Spirit saying, Don't go there. You're going to regret the words you're about to speak. Or as King David wrote, Muzzle it! I

If we have friends we should look only for the best in them and give them the best that is in us...

She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.

But it ain't our feelings we have to steer by through life--no, no, we'd make shipwreck mighty often if we did that. There's only the one safe compass and we've got to set our course by that--what it's right to do.

Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.

We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great.