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Quotes About Integrity

There is only a good fight and a good death for the one whose life is given to the noble.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
The warrior trains their mind to know the good and beautiful and true.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
I want to live the kind of life that cannot be lived without the fullness of Christ in my life.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
Yet the integrity of the universe is the context in which creativity is best expressed. The canvas does not limit God's creativity but rather celebrates it. The elegant complexity of creation is a beautiful reminder that the creative mind is a disciplined mind, that the creative act is not a struggle to be free of limitations but a demonstration that when we embrace our limitations, creativity has no boundaries.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
El futuro de Dios nunca llegará a nosotros a costa de nuestro carácter. Esta persona a la que yo antes respetaba mucho cometió el trágico error de dejar en su pasado lo que debió haber sido su futuro, y hacer de su futuro lo que debió haber sido su pasado.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
Cuando llegues al final de tu vida, ¿podrás decir: "Di todo lo que tenía", o tendrás un sentimiento hueco dentro de tu alma de que te rendiste demasiado pronto, esperaste demasiado poco, que no golpeaste la última flecha?
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
True humility can be experienced only when we have come to know our power and use it for the good of others and not for ourselves.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
He wasn't fighting for his own glory or his own fame; he was fighting because no one else would and because he understood what was at stake. When he killed the lion and the bear, there was no audience and no applause. God and God alone knew David's actions and knew his heart.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
The warrior is not formed by what has been done and what can't be done; the heart of the warrior is formed by what must be done.
~ Erwin Raphael McManus
Mr. Turner gets mad when I say, "I don't work for you, I work for the children." But it's true. Isn't it? I'll find out when I get fired, I guess.
~ Esmé Raji Codell
We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.
~ Esther Forbes
If you can't do, you'd best shut up about it.
~ Esther Forbes
We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skills . . . we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.
~ Esther Forbes
To the American way of thinking, respect is bound up with honesty, and honesty is essential to personal responsibility. Hiding, dissimulation, and other forms of deception amount to disrespect. You lie only to those beneath you—children, constituents, employees
~ Esther Perel
She says, "I am so sick of the excuses
~ Esther Perel
It is no longer a sin against God, a breaking of a family alliance, a muddying of the bloodline, or a dispersion of resources and inheritances. At the core of betrayal today is a violation of trust: We expect our partner to act according to our shared set of assumptions, and we base our own behavior on that.
~ Esther Perel
Remember, a friend does not need you to impress him. A friend loves you because you are true to yourself, not because you agree with him. Beware of grand gestures; the real mettle of friendship is forged in life's daily workings.
~ Ethan Hawke
Pride. Never pretend you are not a knight of attempt to diminish yourself because you deem it will make others more comfortable. We show others the most respect by offering the best of ourselves.
~ Ethan Hawke
Our actions are the ground we walk on.
~ Ethan Hawke
Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all around you, don't try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.
~ Etty Hillesum
I don't want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.
~ Etty Hillesum
To write honestly and with all our powers is the least we can do, and the most.
~ Eudora Welty
When somebody, no matter who, gives everything, it makes people feel ashamed for him.
~ Eudora Welty
Told him I was one-sided. Bigger on one side than the other, which is a deliberate, calculated falsehood: I'm the same.
~ Eudora Welty