Quotes About Integrity

The men and women who protected them and would one day live in Valhalla required no recompense other than their own self-respect.

Your knowledge and mine won't go away. But you've got to look at it for what it is. You can't bury something awful inside yourself, then pretend it's not there while you fight another war that makes you break all your own rules.

I'm not telling the troot, no?

resolution by itself is not enough; we are what we do, not what we think and feel.

Straight shooters always win

Be your own man, even if you don't add up to much.

PEOPLE ARE WHAT they do, not what they think, not what they say.

Pray that liars aren't kept a long time in purgatory

What had the sheriff said, something to the effect that most people's public roles were pure bullshit? I wondered if he should not be given an endowed chair at the local university.

I don't like to bust drunk drivers. I don't like to listen to their explanations, watch their pitiful attempts to affect sobriety, or see the sheen of fear break out in their eyes when they realize they're headed for the drunk tank with little to look forward to in the morning except the appearance of their names in the newspaper. Or maybe in truth I just don't like to see myself when I look into their faces.

I'm a Muun of my word

As I say, they don't teach it at the academy, but you learn it on the job: not every man's death is a crime.

at least to live wit them and like it. Maybe a wife can have cross eyes or buck teeth; but she can't have a past.

Titles are granted, but it's your behavior that earns you respect.

show my trust in others in order to build their trust in me.

And compliance produces adequacy—not greatness. Only credibility earns commitment.

Before you can be a leader of others, you need to know clearly who you are and what your core values are. Once you know that, then you can give your voice to those values and feel comfortable sharing them with others." Arpana

Only credibility earns commitment.

The Kouzes-Posner First Law of Leadership: If you don't believe in the messenger, you won't believe the message. Leaders

When it comes to deciding whether a leader is believable, people first listen to the words, then they watch the actions. They listen to the talk, and then they watch the walk. They listen to the promises of resources to support change initiatives, and then they wait to see if the money and materials follow.

Above all else, people must be able to believe in their leaders. They must believe that your word can be trusted, that you are personally passionate and enthusiastic about the work that you're doing, and that you have the necessary knowledge and skill to lead.

Building character and culture is a function of aligning your beliefs and behaviors with principles that are external, objective, and self-evident. They operate regardless of your awareness of them. What principles guide an authentic leader? Authentic leaders are humble. They are unassuming in the way that they share the glory with their team members and are modest about their accomplishments. Their courage ensures that they have the integrity to make the right choices when necessary. Skills

Leaders must ask themselves, "What do I stand for? What are the principles that guide me in my day-to-day work and keep me here in this job, doing this work, and supporting these people?" Once affirmed, leaders must act out their values, demonstrating what they mean.

Why would you want to follow someone if you suspected that they were lying or trying to trick you? Honesty is the basis of trust and you have to believe that what the leader speaks or knows is true." Of