Quotes About Integrity

I will not allow anybody to interfere," said Mrs. Pocket. "I am surprised, Matthew, that you should expose me to the affront of interference.

In a word I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. I had had no intercourse with the world at that time, and I imitated none of its many inhabitants who act in this manner. Quite an untaught genius, I mad the discovery of the line of action for myself.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.

Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.

Almost any time someone gets an exciting creative idea, the thought, "How can we make money from this?" follows close behind. But when profit becomes the aim, and not a mere side effect, of artistic creation, the creation ceases to be art, and we become sellouts.

Accordingly, to create objects with soul, objects for a rich and beautiful world, we must invest them with life, self, and humanity; in other words, we must invest them with something of our selves. No

There is not a thread in it but scorns self-indulgence, weakness and rapacity.

Make sure that what you are living for is what you are willing to die for.

Cuando Job estaba sumido en el desastre su mujer se burló de él, diciendo: «¿Aún retienes tu integridad? Maldice a Dios, y muérete» (Job 2.9). Es evidente que Satanás estaba obrando para tratar de distorsionar la perspectiva que Job tenía de Dios.

We cannot wait until after the landmine explodes to say no to sin. God

Los únicos métodos constructivos que nos permiten sobrevivir las tormentas del siglo veinte consisten en escuchar y obedecer a Dios. Los requisitos para vivir existencias perdurables consisten en escuchar su voz e integrarla a nuestro sistema de valores, a nuestros patrones de comportamiento, a nuestros pensamientos y a nuestras conversaciones.

I'm not a politician and my other habits air good.

The prevailin weakness of most public men is to SLOP OVER! Washington never slopt over.

The public corruption is the foundation on which corporations always depend for their political power. There is a natural tendency to coalition between them and the lowest strata of political intelligence and morality; for their agents must obey, not question. The lobby is their home, and the lobby thrives as political virtue decays. The ring is their symbol of power, and the ring is the natural enemy of political purity and independence.

More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.

More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself.

Do what is right according to your beliefs no matter what the cost.

My lessons weren't specific to business, but they were fundamental values—integrity, humility, responsibility, work ethic, entrepreneurship, a thirst for knowledge, the desire to make a contribution, and concern for others—that profoundly influenced the way I do business and live my life to this day.

Principled Entrepreneurship™—creating superior value for our customers while consuming fewer resources and always acting lawfully and with integrity. Good profit comes from making a contribution in society—not from corporate welfare or other ways of taking advantage of people.

By "good profit," I don't mean high margins or high return on capital, or lots of profit by just any means. What I consider to be good profit comes from Principled Entrepreneurship™—creating superior value for our customers while consuming fewer resources and always acting lawfully and with integrity. Good profit comes from making a contribution in society—not from corporate welfare or other ways of taking advantage of people.

interview process typically consists of a series of separate interviews, with each interviewer assessing a candidate's alignment with a unique set of personal traits. These traits are arranged as focus areas based on our Guiding Principles and are as follows: (1) Integrity and Compliance; (2) Value Creation, Principled Entrepreneurship, and Customer Focus; (3) Knowledge and Change; (4) Humility and Respect; and (5) Skills and Knowledge required in the role.

4. Principled Entrepreneurship: This principle—so central to our culture that we had it trademarked—is defined as "maximizing the long-term profitability of the business by creating superior value for our customers while consuming fewer resources and always acting lawfully and with integrity." Creating value for society requires Principled Entrepreneurship—not political or other forms of entrepreneurship, such as corporate welfare or fraud.

Only a cad as low as a thief Would write in a book or turn down a leaf, Since 'tis thievery, as well is known, To make free with that which is not our own.