Quotes About Integrity

A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

The power to make and keep commitments to ourselves is the essence of developing the basic habits of effectiveness.

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

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.

We can "pose" and "put on" for a stranger or an associate. We can pretend. And for a while we can get by with it—at least in public. We might even deceive ourselves. Yet I believe that most of us know the truth of what we really are inside; and I think many of those we live with and work with do as well.

Double-mindedness, having two conflicting motives or interests, inevitably sets us at war with ourselves—and an internal civil war often breaks out into war with others. The opposite of double-mindedness is self-unity or integrity. We achieve integrity through the dedication of ourselves to selfless service of others.

make decisions based on our values and not how we felt in the moment.

you're not going to talk your way out of a problem you behaved yourself into.

always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. You can buy a person's hand, but you can't buy his heart.

All of us are interested in things outside of our stewardships, and we should be, but the most important way to do anything about them is to magnify our own stewardships. When you focus on your own responsibility, you become relatively unconcerned with other peoples stewardships...The highest form of influence is to be a model, not a critic; a light, not a judge.

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

Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.

if there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success.

Love is a value that is actualized through loving actions.

That leadership is primarily a function of who you are, for this is the foundation for everything you do. How do you build leaders? You first build character.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the roots of good relationships with others.

Universal principles or natural laws, such as responsibility, integrity, abundance and renewal

Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It doesn't begin and end with the writing of a personal mission statement. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.

it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

Integrity includes but goes beyond honesty. Honesty is telling the truth—in other words, conforming our words to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words—in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

My friend," I said, "you can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. We all know it. There are people we trust absolutely because we know their character. Whether they're eloquent or not, whether they have the human relations techniques or not, we trust them, and we work successfully with them.

The truth is that balance and peace of mind are not produced by these; they follow the person who develops a clear sense of his or her highest priorities and who lives with focus and integrity towards them

Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It's our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to "walk our talk." It's honor with self, a fundamental part of the Character Ethic, the essence of proactive growth.