Quotes About Integrity

I cannot conceive a rank more honorable, than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people, the purest source and original fountain of all power.

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.

A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.

The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.

I don't hate things, but I'm turned off by arrogance. I also don't like power for the sake of power.

If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals.

Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness has nothing to do with power.

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.

The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves and others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We have both the capacity and the obligation to do better.

God grant to all of us the power and strength to be people of integrity, and the insight and wisdom to avoid being led into the snares of the dishonest.

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

I'm a little tired of people who have very big moral positions and very small power in reality.

Family values stand up to injustice and power outside the household.

The people know that they need in their representative much more than talent, namely, the power to make his talent trusted.

When you're running, when you're in elected office, you're surrounded with power. And, so every single day, you have to remind yourself why you're here, and that people put you here for a reason.

I don't think it's wise to manufacture a painting, just for the sake of working... if the impulse isn't truly there, the painting will lack power.

Oh, how easy it must be to be good when one has the power of doing good!

No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny them to others.

Closeness to power heightens the dignity of all men.

Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;Right hath a power that makes thee strong.The night is dark, but light is near;The grief is short, the joy is long.

It's not a weapon or a woman can make a man, or magery either, or any power, anything but himself.

What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?

Be a leader who is driven by purpose but not by position or power.