Quotes about Integrity

There are a few of us who have latched on to this silly idea that we can change the world. We will develop the power to ignore what is popular and do what is right. One person can attain the power to lead hundreds of thousands of people to the promised land of their dreams.

When I make a decision, I will stand behind it. My energy will go into making the decision. I will waste none on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.

Character, not circumstance, make a man.

If you want to become a person that others want to be around, you must always hold your life to the very highest standard.

you will never please everyone, nor should pleasing everyone be your goal. For example, to seek the approval of someone who is lazy or jealous is to cast your pearls before swine. You will find that God rarely uses a person whose main concern is what others are thinking.

I will seek wisdom. I will choose my friends with care.

But a true friend holds you to a higher standard. A true friend brings out the best in you.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

You don't sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it's the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called. It is your responsibility to see to it that the church under your care continues as a gathering of people in process; a place where the curious,the unconvinced, the sceptical, the used-to-believe and the broken, as well as the committed, informed and sold-out come together around Peter's declaration that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?