Quotes About Integrity

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.

Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.

Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.

Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing.

The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.

Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

Leaders who won't own failures become failures.

If you aren't loyal to the few you won't be blessed with the many.

If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse.

People are more likely to listen to sermons you preach if they are also sermons you practice.

Never confuse truth and the latest public opinion poll.

A person who buys excuses will soon attempt to sell them to others.

Success corrupts character when a person loses the spirit of thankfulness.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions.

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

You can tell the size of a person by the way he treats people who cannot help him.

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are.

The gap between intentions and actions is character.