Quotes on Integrity

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity."

It's true that integrity comes with the courage to refuse and say no to something because it's not right even if it does not pleases a friend, a family member or even a loved one. A person with integrity should stand up for the truth and face it come what may.

"A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come."

Integrity is something that cannot be bought. A person does not need to be the greatest celebrity or the richest man in the world to posses integrity. Ironically, in today's society, the more famous or the more money a person has, the more harder to posses integrity. Money and fame can change a person's perspective in life.

The good thing is that if you have integrity, you can be a shinning start even if you lack the fame and riches. Added to it, others will follow your footsteps.

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."

Nothing compares to a success that is esteemed with honesty, integrity faith, love and loyalty. A success that is characterized with the qualities mentioned is a true success because it cannot collapse easily for it is built the greatest foundation stones. This is the reason why most successful people who brings with them honors of integrity, are not easily be brought down by malicious people who try to bring down others out of envy or insecurities.

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”

Persuading others to follow our footsteps or principles is not an easy thing to do. There are times when a person has used all his money, ability, skills and achievements to persuade others and yet failed to do so because he lacks one thing - integrity. Integrity is one of the most powerful persuasion tool. People will likely follow you when you have shown yourself to them as an example.

"A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come."

We do not need fame and fortune to inspire people. A person can be the most powerful and famous being alive in this planet but if he lacks integrity, that fame and power is worth nothing and even himself.

If we live a life with integrity even in the absence of wealth and power, we'll be like shinning stars to others. The light that we have will be followed from generation to generations. The kind of life that we lived will be etched forever in the hearts and minds of those people who have found inspiration from us.

"Purity of heart is blooming the same colors in the middle of the wilderness when no one sees you."

To have what we call a "pure heart" isn't an easy thing to achieve. There are times when you need to stand against temptations that will prove the kind of heart you have.  Others can masquerade as if they have a pure heart when people are looking at them. However, in the middle of wilderness, when no one sees them, their heart can be as wild as the animals in that wilderness.

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

It is very true that if we want to test a man's character, we must give him power. Power such that he can rule on others. Most people who do not value integrity, will fall into the temptation of abusing his power and using it for his own benefit. A person with high integrity will stay the same no matter how much power he has or can even do great things for others using his power.

As they say, power is intoxicating.

"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."

Integrity is the supreme quality of a leader. Being a leader means somebody is looking up to you or following you. Thus, it is very important to possess an impeccable character if you are a leader. You must serve as a good example to your followers. If you are doing that, you are indeed a good leader.

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

A man with a pure heart is strong. Pure heart has a clean conscience. And a pure conscience builds strength.

"The moral sense of conscience is by far the most important and most noble attribute of man."

Conscience is a noble attribute of man. It is this conscience that convicts a man of his wrong doings. Without conscience the world might be the most dangerous place to live in. Imagine where people are killing, stealing, hurting each other because of the absence of conscience. If conscience is not present within you, then something is wrong with you.

"If you want to take the meaning of the word integrity and reduce it to its simplest terms, you'd conclude that a man of integrity is a promise keeper. When he gives you his word you can take it to the bank. His word is good."

A man of integrity always do what he has promised. He always honor his words and do not want to make them void of meaning and purpose.

"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them."

To be conscious that you deserve the honors you posses is a sign that you are sure of your integrity. You do not need to be ashamed of yourself for having such honors.

"An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; a villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards."

A man with integrity is always precious.

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."

When we lie we become careful with the way we answer those who interrogate us for the fear of answering inconsistently. But if we are used to telling the truth, we give instant answers to questions without any doubting because we wouldn't care if inconsistencies in our testimonies will show up... as it will never be. Simply because we are telling the truth.

"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it."

Our virtue or integrity must be a kind that cannot be bought with anything.

"Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will."

Integrity always stands strong. It is not tossed to and fro with the wind of change.

"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised."

Integrity refuses to be compromised.

"Integrity is the essence of everything successful."

Being successful means you have to make it a goal to preserve integrity in your character. This will bring you to success.

"Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people."

To build integrity you must first be honest to yourself. By then you can tell other people the truth and thus, gain integrity.

"It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation."

Bad reputation is worst than having a bad conscience.