Quotes About Integrity

Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and pleasure second.

Remember, it is not about luck. It is about doing the right things the right way.

Good Luck is rather particular who she rides with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience.

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the best good luck.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty.

To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.

Si quiere perdurar, el futuro líder industrial debe considerarse a sí mismo como un oficial cuasi-público, cuyo deber es manejar su empresa de tal manera que no atente contra los intereses de ningún individuo o grupo de individuos. La explotación de los trabajadores es cosa del pasado. Esperamos que el hombre que aspira al liderazgo en el campo de los negocios, la industria y el trabajo recuerde esto.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great, though they make an exception in your favor to all their rules of trade.

There is no better test of character than a man's treatment of difficulties. The coward shuns them; the lazy man tries to go around them; the idler dawdles in front of them, waiting like Micawber for something to turn up or some miracle to remove them; the baby-man waits for some friend to lift him over them ; but the manly man surmounts them.

Nothing, however, can be SUCCESSFULLY SUBSTITUTED FOR PLEASING CONDUCT.

Character is Power. Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends — there is nothing to compare with it.

Sincerity of purpose.

Fortune definitely frowns upon all ill-gotten wealth, and often causes it to mysteriously evaporate.

No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story. Wherever you find the most honest and intelligent merchant or banker, or the best lawyer, the best doctor, the best clergyman, the best shoemaker, carpenter, or anything else, that man is most sought for, and has always enough to do.

Many a man stops work with the clock. He leaves his day's work with Ragged Edges. He is the man who starts his days with Ragged Edges, and finally rounds out an incomplete life. Finish up as you Go.

There is a satisfaction and a feeling of latent Strength in the breast of a man who Starts a thing — and Finishes it. You will find this true if you do it. The most important task is always the task at hand. Complete it. Make it stand square and clean when you leave it. Look it over. Be sure no Ragged Edges remain.

If you are one of those who believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring riches, perish the thought! It is not true!

If a leader is a real leader, he will have no need to advertise that fact except by his conduct-his sympathy, understanding, fairness, and a demonstration that he knows his job.

A man's best recommendation is that which he gives himself . . . by rendering superior service in the right mental attitude.

If a man preach the Golden Rule as a sound rule of conduct his words will fall upon deaf ears if he does not practice that which he preaches. The most effective sermon that any man can preach on the soundness of the Golden Rule is that which he preaches, by suggestion, when he applies this rule in his relationships with his fellow men.

THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP

IF a man has built a sound character it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end. - Napoleon Hill, Sr

You cannot afford to suggest to another person, by word of mouth or in writing, or through any act, that which you yourself do not believe.