Leadership Integrity Quotes

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.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

Albert Einstein

Trust, Leadership, Truth

"Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb".

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

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Inspiring, Smart

"Refining Your Style : Learning from Respected Communicators" by Dave Stone, (p. 143), 2004.

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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

Douglas MacArthur

Inspirational, Leadership, Confidence

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In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.

Warren Buffett

Inspirational, Motivational, Education

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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Funny, Relationship, Leadership

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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Colin Powell

Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.52, Ballantine Books

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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Samuel Johnson

Education, Honesty, Integrity

'Rasselas' (1759) ch. 41

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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter Drucker

Inspirational, Change, Leadership

"Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey, (p. 101), 1989.

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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership, Business, Character

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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The time is always right to do what is right.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

"This Dallas Boy's MLK Jr. Speech Is Such A Sweet Message For Today's World" by Sarah Friedmann, www.bustle.com. January 2018.

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If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

Henry Kravis

Money, Integrity, World

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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivational, Truth, Honesty

Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.165, Harvard University Press

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

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

"Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids" by Joseph A. Michelli, (p. 88), 1998.

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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Tony Blair

Motivational, Leadership, Art

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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership, Art, Business

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Jesse Ventura

Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

Mark Twain

Truth, Honesty, Memories

Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.

Will Rogers

Atheist, Lying, People

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Aristotle

Integrity, Destiny, Men

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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