Quotes About Integrity

Morality does not derive its nature from books, but from the fitness of things.

Humility. Never announce that you are a knight, simply behave as one. You are better than no one, and no one is better than you.

Speech. Do not speak ill of others. A knight does not spread news that he does not know to be certain, or condemn things that he does not understand.

Understanding that he relies on all that surrounds him, a knight is kind above all.

Respect also means never asking someone to do something you wouldn't do or haven't done yourself. As an associate, I always felt a bit better knowing that if I was in the office at midnight, my EM was too.

Spiritual bypassing often adopts a rationale based on using absolute truth to deny or disparage relative truth.

This is perhaps the greatest lesson that interdependence has to offer us about right livelihood (and right living in general) in the twenty-first century: no person, and no profession, comes out completely clean, ever. On the other hand, no one is inherently defiled.

When we are able to stay present with the internal discomfort created by the idea that somebody else might be mad at us, we end up becoming a bodhisattva with tremendous integrity. We end up building confidence that we can say what we think and mean what we say, more and more often. This kind of integrity and dignity become contagious, and in the end, even if somebody doesn't agree with us, that person at least respects us for our dedication to living by our principles.

How can I be honest with you," he said, "when you are not honest with yourself" "You are bound—some time—to reap what you have sown.

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.

Ik heb me enige onsterfelijke verdiensten aan de mensheid verworven: ik heb nooit een slecht boek geschreven en ik heb het niet op m'n geweten, dat er een ongelukkige méér op deze aarde rondloopt.

I'd rather lay an egg in a box than go and steal an ox.

Listen, mate, everybody gets scared, and anybody says he don't is a damn liar.

The other veteran said "Listen, mate, everybody gets scared, and anybody says he don't is a damn liar

A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook.

An honest answer is like a warm hug.

I want to develop discernments that say an unapologetic "no" to ways that violate the gospel of Jesus Christ.

That is Jeremiah's accusation: "You have found a safe place, haven't you! This nice, clean temple. You spend all week out in the world doing what you want to do, taking advantage of others, exploiting the weak, cursing the person who isn't pliable to your plans, and then you repair to this place where everything is in order and protected and right.

21-23 Oh! Can you believe it? The chaste city has become a whore! She was once all justice, everyone living as good neighbors, And now they're all at one another's throats. Your coins are all counterfeits. Your wine is watered down. Your leaders are turncoats who keep company with crooks. They sell themselves to the highest bidder and grab anything not nailed down. They never stand up for the homeless, never stick up for the defenseless.

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.

Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.

It is not allowable to love the Creation according to the purposes one has for it, any more than it is allowable to love one's neighbor in order to borrow his tools.

Don't waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It's a scandal when people waste their lives on things they must do in the darkness where no one will see. Rip the cover off those frauds and see how attractive they look in the light of Christ.   Wake up from your sleep, Climb out of your coffins; Christ will show you the light!  

Don't curse God; and don't damn your leaders.