Integrity is a quality that is often talked about, but sometimes hard to define. It is the adherence to moral and ethical principles, the consistency between actions and words, and the ability to stand up for what is right. Integrity is the foundation of trust, respect, and responsibility. It is a vital component of personal and professional success. These Integrity Quotes capture the essence of this important trait and provide inspiration and guidance for living a life of integrity.
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Living a Life of Integrity: Quotes to Live By
1. “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” ― Oprah Winfrey
2. “It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” ― Spencer Johnson
4. “Don’t assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don’t say anything you can’t stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.” ― Warsan Shire
5. “Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody’s watching, and doing as you say you would do.” ― Roy T. Bennett
6. “Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them.” ― Nicole Guillaume
7. “Speak your truth with grace and integrity, even though it might upset some people. You never know who else, besides yourself, it might help.” ― Leila Summers
8. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” ― Lao Tzu
9. “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” ― William James
10. “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ― Marcus Aurelius
11. “Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.” ― Roy T. Bennett
12. “Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” ― Barbara De Angelis
13. “The man of integrity who is true to self and to God will choose the right whether or not anyone is looking because he is self-driven, not externally controlled.” ― Tad R. Callister
14. “We must hide our integrity, like we hide our love.” ― UR Ananthamurthy
Honesty and Integrity: Wise Quotes to Reflect On
15. “Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.” ― Marcus Aurelius
16. “Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.” ― Warren Buffett
17. “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” ― James E. Faust
18. “The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.” ― Marcus Garvey
19. “Integrity has no need of rules.” ― Albert Camus
20. “When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
21. “Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do.” ― Roy T. Bennett
22. “There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.” ― Samuel Johnson
23. “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 is not a search for the rewards of integrity. Maybe all you ever get for it is the largest kick in the ass the world can provide. It is not supposed to be a productive asset.” ― John D. MacDonald
24. “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” ― Samuel Johnson
25. “Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny.” ― Heraclitus
26. “Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.” ― Alexandre Dumas
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