Quotes About Integrity

I am interested in justice, not the law. There is an unfortunate difference.

A leader is not determined by just capability but also attitude.

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

We delude ourselves that we want to implant honesty in our children: what we really want is to imbue them with our particular kind of dishonesty, with our culture's dishonesty. —Sidney Harris

Craig wondered if the landlord knew exactly what was going on up there. If he did, he might not have been so quick to let them use it. On the other hand, the prospect of selling a few extra pints on a slow Monday night might tempt even the best of us to leave our ethics and politics at the door.

The fact that you have never betrayed my teachings, and the fact that you swear never to betray them: this is to betray them already.

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

who you are is more important than what you do. Why? Because the love of Jesus in you is the greatest gift you have to give to others. Who you are as a person — and specifically how well you love — will always have a larger and longer impact on those around you than what you do. Your

We lead more out of who we are than out of what we do, strategic or otherwise. If we fail to recognize that who we are on the inside informs every aspect of our leadership, we will do damage to ourselves and to those we lead.

You can't have the true peace of Christ's kingdom with lies and pretense.

Everyone who draws breath "takes the lead" many times a day. We lead with actions that range from a smile to a frown; with words that range from blessing to curse; with decisions that range from faithful to fearful….

When, out of fear, we avoid conflict and appease people, we are false peacemakers. For

Most leaders shipwreck or live inconsistent lives because of forces and motivations beneath the surface of their lives, which they have never even considered.

Estamos tan ciegos que, mientras el mundo nos observa y da muestras de desaprobación, no somos capaces de visualizar la gran brecha existente entre nuestras palabras y nuestro proceder en la vida cotidiana.

Por qué? No puedes tener la paz verdadera del reino de Cristo con mentiras o fingimientos.

Mandamiento enfermizo 2: Lo que haces es más importante que lo que eres

Why is it that so many Christians make such lousy human beings?

In other words, says Abbot Bernard, if you're not concerned that your heart might become hard, it already is. A hardened heart is a big problem for a leader in any context, but it will utterly derail any hope of being able to clearly hear and do the will of God.

Hire character. Train skill.

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.

FBI investigations alone will never take corruption out of politics. They take too much effort, and they attack the problem serially, one target at a time.

Peyton Jones: For me, part of what makes programming fun is trying to write programs that have an intellectual integrity to them. You can go on slapping mud on the side of a program and it just kind of makes it work for a long time but it's not very satisfying. So I think a good attribute of a good programmer, is they try to find a beautiful solution. Not everybody has the luxury of being able to not get the job done today because they can't think of a beautiful way to do it.

I cannot accept merely...I do not do anything merely.

If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you," Jordan said.