Quotes About Integrity

Developing and maintaining integrity require constant attention. John Weston, chairman and CEO of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., says, "I`ve always tried to live with the following simple rule: Don`t do what you wouldn`t feel comfortable reading about in the newspapers the next day." That`s a good standard all of us should keep.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them, day after day. What you promise today must be renewed and redecided tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you.

Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess." Your goal should be to waste as little of your life as possible. As former MLB catcher Jim Sundberg says, "Discover your uniqueness; then discipline yourself to develop it.

El verdadero heroísmo es notablemente sobrio, muy poco dramático. No es la urgencia de sobrepasar a los demás a cualquier costo, sino la urgencia de servir a los demás a cualquier costo». —ARTHUR ASHE

The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. Lincoln asked, "How many legs will a sheep have if you call a tail a leg?" "Five," the man answered. "No," replied Lincoln, "he'll still have four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.

Usaldus pole mitte üksnes juhtimissuhete, vaid kõigi suhete vundament. Sa ei saa mõjutada inimesi, kes sind ei usalda. Sa ei saa rajada positiivseid suhteid inimestega, kui neil on sinust negatiivne pilt. Usaldus on liim, mis hoiab inimesi koos.

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried." —J. R. MILLER

La influencia debe ser algo que se gana.

una posición no hace al líder, es el líder el que hace la posición.

Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus say that "trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

What we do on some great occasion will depend on what we are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline." —H. P. Liddon

Andrew Carnegie said, "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." Great

En el control de calidad no nos preocupa el producto, nos preocupa el proceso. Si el proceso es correcto, el producto está garantizado». Lo mismo se aplica a la integridad: garantiza la credibilidad.

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it. Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

The first key to greatness," Socrates reminds us, "is to be in reality what we appear to be.

One of the most important things you can do as a leader is make sure you and your organization are delivering what you promised. The question I ask to make an assessment of this is "Did we exceed expectations?" This ensures my future success and that of my organization. The future is dim professionally for anyone who doesn't exceed the expectations of customers or clients.

People need your influence, but it will not come through 'lip syncing' those you admire.

Occasionally someone will ask me about how ego fits into the leadership equation. They'll want to know what keeps a leader from having a huge ego. I think the answer lies in each leader's pathway to leadership. If people paid their dues and gave their best in obscurity, ego is usually not a problem.

There's no such thing as business ethics—there's only ethics.

Las personas podrán honrarte por lo que hiciste ayer, pero te respetan por lo que haces ahora. Valoro el ayer, pero vivo hoy.

Where trust is absent, leadership falters.

A servant leader's value rests in why he does what he does and how well he does it, not in what he does or how often he does it. This allows him to find value in who he is.

Even the most noble endeavors fail with immoral leadership.