Quotes about Integrity
The key insight is that honest talk transforms and emancipates when it is received in faithful seriousness.
— Walter Brueggemann
power is not free to disregard truth.
— Walter Brueggemann
The key players, it turns out, are those who refuse to be credentialed or curbed by traditional modes of power, who understand that the transformative power of truth is not a credible companion for consolidating modes of established power, but that truth characteristically runs beyond the confines of such power.
— Walter Brueggemann
There is nothing in this world so hard to get at as truth, and there is nothing in this world but truth that I care for.
— Washington Irving
Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
— Wayne Dyer
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
— Wendell Berry
I think we must be careful about too easily accepting, or being too easily grateful for, sacrifices made by others, especially if we have made none ourselves.
— Wendell Berry
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
— Dante Alighieri
Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Psalm 7:3—5, NIV
— Darlene Zschech
Work as unto the Lord, remembering that He is the one who promotes you.
— Darlene Zschech
When the why we do what we do doesn't permeate in all that we do, our value systems give evidence that we do not have enough truth to successfully support what we do and who we are. Our own lack of truth then becomes a stumbling block to sharing the knowledge, vision, and passions behind whatever it is we do and whoever it is we are. We cannot give away what we do not own, and that's why we need to have our own "faith stories" to pass on. As
— Darlene Zschech
True happiness, true peace is only found in seeking God with all our heart. When we love God and His Word, we are able to walk with integrity and a quiet calm that defies everything happening all around us. There
— Darlene Zschech