Quotes About Integrity

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience, and it doesn't preclude the necessity to train and develop people so that their competency can rise to the level of that trust.

It is character that communicates most eloquently...In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity.

Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!

What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.

There's no way we can escape accountability. We do make a difference—one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives.

In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

It's easy to say "no!" when there's a deeper "yes!" burning inside.

President N. Eldon Tanner has said, "Self-discipline is doing what you know you should do when you don't want to do it.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits.

Sincere apologies make deposits; repeated apologies interpreted as insincere make withdrawals. And the quality of the relationship reflects it.

Integrity in an interdependent reality is simply this: you treat everyone by the same set of principles.

Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

you can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into." *

Character Ethic as the foundation of success—things like integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty, and the Golden Rule.

As Emerson once put it, "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They're fundamental.

to be trusted, it is said, is greater than to be loved. In the long run, I am convinced, to be trusted will be also to be loved.

The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves

Are You Paying Trust Taxes, or Earning Trust Dividends?