Quotes About Integrity

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

I... know what I do, and am unmoved by men's blame, or their praise either.

I am what I am, so take me as I am!

People remain what they are, even when their faces fall to pieces.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.

Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not.

Learn to ... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

When one is pretending the entire body revolts.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.

Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

Learn what you are, and be such.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

It is what you are inside that matters. You, yourself, are your only real capital.

Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to dust.

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He does not say, "My men were beaten," he says, "I was beaten."

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

No man should part with his own individuality and become that of another.