Quotes about Integrity

Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

I knew that (job) had to be a humbling role for my dad, but he never allowed it to become humiliating work.

Take Care not to have an itching tongue, nor tingling ears; neither attract others, nor listen to backbiters. [Letter to Nepotian]

Many people will profess faithfulness, but few will demonstrate it. The virtue of faithfulness is often costly, and few people are willing to pay the price. But for the godly person, faithfulness is an absolutely essential quality of his character, regardless of what it might cost.

Though the power for godly character comes from Christ, the responsibility for developing and displaying that character is ours.

Holiness and usefulness are linked together.

But the reality is that many people are facing nonphysical persecution because of their stand for righteousness.

We need to work at ensuring that our commitment to holiness is a commitment to God, not to our own self-esteem.

First, we should never use the doctrine as an excuse for our own shortcomings.

Third, we must never use the doctrine of God's sovereignty to excuse our own sinful actions or decisions that hurt another person.

Just as the airplane must have both wings to fly, so we must exercise both discipline and dependence in the pursuit of holiness. Just as it is impossible for an airplane to fly with only one wing, so it is impossible for us to successfully pursue holiness with only dependence or discipline. We absolutely must have both.

To say a person is morally bankrupt is to say he or she is completely devoid of any decent moral qualities.