Integrity Quotes - Page 17

• As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.

  Lucan

  Stars, Fire, Self

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• Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Dry, Wonder, Creation

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• By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Way

  Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

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• Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?

  Hafez

  Listening, Why Not, Polite

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• It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

  Publilius Syrus

  Kindness, Men, Good Man

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• True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm.

  Josei Toda

  Gratitude, Character, Mean

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• You can't feel the need to be liked in public life, because if you do you will compromise the principles that are so important to the public having confidence in your ethics and integrity.

  Graeme Samuel

  Leadership, Business, Important

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• Integrity is better capital than money. You can accumulate it just like money, and you can use it just like money, but it goes further, and is enduring.

  Strive Masiyiwa

  Use, Endure

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• A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.

  Stephen Covey

  Fundamentals, Personal Worth, Source

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.377, Mango Media Inc.

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• If you've only one breath left, use it to say thank you.

  Pam Brown

  Hope, Wisdom, Use

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• It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

  Francis Bacon

  Strong, Character, Practice

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• A good man will find that there is goodness in the world; an honest man will find that there is honesty in the world; and a man of principle will find principle and integrity in the hearts
  of others.

  Albert Pike

  Honesty, Heart, Men

  Albert Pike (2013). “Morals and Dogma”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?

  Elvis Presley

  Envy, Hypocrisy, Identity

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• There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.

  Eric Hoffer

  Humility, Self, Guilty Conscience

  Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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• We’re all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn’t count. It’s when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you’re about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor’s wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble—that’s when you need the rules. Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn’t wave it until you’re about to put it to the test.

  Ken Follett

  Lying, Kissing, Wife

  Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION”, p.2432, Penguin

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• The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these "giddy-paced" times, and England is forgetting that those who make haste to be rich can hardly avoid much temptation and some sin.

  Fanny Kemble

  Fashion, Business, Men

  Fanny Kemble (1890). “Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters, Forming a Sequel to Record of a Girlhood, and Records of Later Life”

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• Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly.

  Otto Graham

  Asks

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• Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

  Seneca the Younger

  Freedom, Responsibility, Liberty

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• I once asked a studio guy in Toronto, "How many people don't use auto tune?" and he said, "You and Nelly Furtado are the only two people who've never used it in here." Even though I'm not into Nelly Furtado, it kind of made me respect her. It's cool that she has some integrity.

  Neko Case

  People, Guy, Kind

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• The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He needs no one to give him an 'Art Education'; he is already qualified. He needs but to see pictures with his active mind, look into them for the things that belong to him, and he will find soon enough in himself an art connoisseur and an art lover of the first order.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Honesty, Men

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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