Integrity Quotes - Page 10

• A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Responsibility, Men, Essentials

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjold, 1964.

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• Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Wisdom, Hope, Heart

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• If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Should, Streets, Persons

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• Confession basically means saying the same thing about your sin as God says. So if you say you want to develop integrity, but you're not willing to face the rough parts and confess them, you won't get there.

  David Jeremiah

  Mean, Sin, Confession

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• 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.

  John Locke

  Men, Balance, Way

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• Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

  Immanuel Kant

  Life, Law, Universal

  "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1785.

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• Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do.

  Morris Mandel

  Character, Names, Answers

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• Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Honesty, Self Esteem, Character

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• Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

  Mark Twain

  Real, Carpe Diem, Political

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

  Jane Rule

  Tests, Morality, Conformity

  Jane Rule (2013). “Lesbian Images: Essays”, p.21, Open Road Media

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• What is left when honor is lost?

  Publilius Syrus

  Honor, Lost, Left

  "The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 265, 1856.

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• Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

  Confucius

  Character, Mean, Men

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• Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Honesty, Morality, Ashamed

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• They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Wise, Respect

  "Fictional character: Mohandas K. Gandhi". "Gandhi", 1982.

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• It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

  Ivan Goncharov

  Sacrifice, Negotiation, Tricks

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• Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Life, Law Of Attraction, Self

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.679, 谷月社

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• Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Truth, Character, Popular Song

  William Lloyd Garrison (1832). “Thoughts on African Colonization: Or an Impartial Exhibition of the Doctrines, Principles and Purposes of the American Colonization Society. Together with the Resolutions, Addresses and Remonstrances of the Free People of Color”, p.6

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• The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office of the law to remind them of their duty and thereby to excite them to the pursuit of holiness and integrity. But when their consciences are solicitous how God may be propitiated, what answer they shall make, and on what they shall rest their confidence, if called to his tribunal, there must then be no consideration of the requisitions of the law, but Christ alone must be proposed for righteousness, who exceeds all the perfection of the law.

  John Calvin

  Christian, Exercise, Law

  John Calvin (1985). “On God and Political Duty: Calvin”, Prentice Hall

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• Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

  Louise Slaughter

  Honesty, Government, Accountability

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• I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Fire, Sides, Ifs

  Michel de Montaigne (2013). “Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays”, p.161, Courier Corporation

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• That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.

  Byron Katie

  Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.41, Random House

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• A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

  Harry S. Truman

  Needs, Code Of Ethics, Honest

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• I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values.

  Kenneth Lay

  Character, Responsibility, Law

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• Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

  John W. Gardner

  Men, People, Cynical

  Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.164, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• Integrity simply means not violating one's own identity.

  Erich Fromm

  Mean, Identity

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