Quotes About Integrity

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow. A

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.

Being put in charge is not the same as being a leader.

How do you know something is an excuse? Ask yourself, "Would it stop me from doing something I love to do?" If it wouldn't, it's an excuse.

Character makes trust possible. And trust makes leadership possible. That is the Law of Solid Ground.

Life's greatest rewards come from your inner self, from the choices you make, from how you decide to live under whatever circumstances you find yourself in.

CHARACTER COMMUNICATES CONSISTENCY Leaders without inner strength can't be counted on day after day because their ability to perform changes constantly. NBA great Jerry West commented, "You can't get too much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." If your people don't know what to expect from you as a leader, at some point they won't look to you for leadership.

Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. —THOMAS HUXLEY

You may be an exceptional leader who has gone unrecognized. Or you may be someone who possesses no status or official authority. Do not let that stop you from doing the right thing. Never underestimate the power of one small act. Exercise the wisdom God has given you by putting it into action. There's no telling what God may do with it.

Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by a crowd.

Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

Are you doing what you ask others to do?

A melhor maneira de evitar a tentação é preveni-la. (p. 83)

When leaders learn and live good values, they make themselves more valuable and lift the value of other people. That is the foundation of positive leadership.

only secure leaders exhibit servanthood.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.

As leaders we need to remember that. Strong convictions precede great actions. When we know something is right-- and that conviction is bolstered by the knowledge that our motives are pure...-- we need to follow through. Others may second-guess our thinking and our decision-making. But when we know what's right, we can't let those things throw us off. We need to stand by our convictions.

Good actions represent the dividing line between words and results.

Humility is not denying your strengths. Humility is being honest about your weaknesses. All of us are a bundle of both great strengths and great weaknesses and humility is being able to be honest about both.

No es la posición lo que hace al líder, sino el líder quien establece la posición.»

La confianza se construye un ladrillo a la vez, pero si se destruye, toda la pared se viene al suelo».

To develop your integrity, make a commitment to yourself to be scrupulously honest. Don't shave the truth, don't tell white lies, and don't fudge numbers. Be truthful even when it hurts. To develop authenticity, be yourself with everyone. Don't play politics, role play, or pretend to be anything you're not. To strengthen your discipline, do the right things every day regardless of how you feel.

If you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain. Criticizing and censuring almost everyone you have to do with, will diminish friends, increase enemies, and hereby hurt you affairs.