Quotes about Integrity

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.

If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.

The best of men are just men at best.

We mustn't say more than we should, but we mustn't say less than we must.

Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts, but hearts aren't changed by compromise.

Before we open our mouths, we ought to heed the advice of the missionary Amy Carmichael and ask: Is what I'm about to say kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?

The Puritan Thomas Brooks once wrote, "We know metals by their tinkling, and men by their talking."[113

America wants solutions. America wants a leader. No more tabloid politics.

One said whatever would be of advantage; the question whether it was true no longer arose.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.