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Integrity Quotes

I respect those who tell the truth no matter how hard it is. Integrity is everything.

To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. — Edward R. Murrow

You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest. — Robert Brault

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. — Mark Twain

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. — Bob Marley

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. — Zig Ziglar

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. — Charles Caleb Colton

You have the right to remain silent, but you can never, repeat, never lie or shade the truth. — Robert L. Woodrum

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful. — R. Buckminster Fuller

Integrity is not something you show others. It is how you behave behind their back.

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. — Albert Einstein

You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity. — Grenville Klesier

People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach. — David A. Bednar

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. — Harvey Mackay

Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it. — George Eliot

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. — Confucius

It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one. — Zig Ziglar

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them. — Brene Brown

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. — Samuel Johnson

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe

There are some things that money just can’t buy. Like manners, morals and integrity.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle

Honor your commitments with integrity. — Les Brown

There is no higher value in our society than integrity. — Arlen Specter

Integrity is choosing your thoughts and actions based on values rather than personal gain.

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private. — Joyce Meyer

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded. — Scott Hamilton

Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas. — Benjamin Franklin

It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There is no doubt that righteous people deserve admiration and respect. Since integrity is about doing the right thing, let take time to reflect on your actions. Also, kindness quotes will enlighten you.

Best Integrity Quotes and Sayings to Increase Your Authenticity

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. — C. S. Lewis

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. — Junius

No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are, how you treat people tells all. Integrity is everything.

They will look at my career as the guy who gave it all but at the same time did it with integrity. That’s what we all aim for the respect of the game as well as the honesty that’s played a part of that game. — Lou Brock

He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds. — St. Gregory

A life lived with integrity, even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune, is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come. — Denis Waitley

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word. — Brian Tracy

I’ve learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I’m not talking big diva. I’m quiet. I’m shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be. — Crystal Waters

Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company. — Hannah Arendt

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. — Ayn Rand

Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures and principles, expectations and outcomes. It can be regarded as the opposite of hypocrisy.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them. — Nicole Guillaume

Integrity is making sure that the things you say and the things you do are in alignment. — Katrina Mayer

If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything. — Gordon A. Eadie

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. — Oprah Winfrey

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. — Albert Einstein

Integrity is crucial for business success — once you can fake that, you’ve got it made. — Henry Ford

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. — Oscar Wilde

You can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. — Joseph Conrad

Integrity is the heart of character don’t lose it.

Whether it’s an $11 flip-flop or a $2 key ring or a $2,000 dress, they’re all done with integrity. They’re all done with a design sense. As long as the creativity exists, then I don’t think it’s a sellout. A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it’s got your name on it. — Marc Jacobs

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. — Vanessa Redgrave

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. — W. Clement Stone

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius

Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. — Oliver Cromwell

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. — Spencer Johnson

You gotta do it with class and integrity. If not, you’re gonna drag yourself through the mud. — Solomon Burke

Goodness is about character — integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. — Dennis Prager

Image is what people think we are. Integrity is what we really are. — John C. Maxwell

Perhaps the surest test of an individual’s integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect. — Thomas S. Monson

Inspirational Quotes On Integrity To Always Do the Right Thing

Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody’s watching and doing as you say you would do. — Roy T. Bennett

Be Impeccable with Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. — Don Miguel Ruiz

Your reputation and integrity are everything. Follow through on what you say you’re going to do. Your credibility can only be built over time, and it is built from the history of your words and actions. — Maria Razumich-Zec

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. — Baltasar Gracian

The main thing in measuring integrity is someone’s motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin. — Al Jourgensen

Character is what you are in the dark. — Dwight L. Moody

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. — Confucius

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake. — Larry Hagman

Truthfulness is the main element of character. — Brian Tracy

My parents were both born and raised in the Depression. They instilled great values about integrity and the importance of hard work, and I’ve taken that with me to every job. — Mary Barra

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius

Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by; and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught. — J.C. Watts Jr.

A great man is always willing to be little. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. — Meister Eckhart

In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. — Warren Buffet

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it, or you don’t. — Peter Scotese

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. — Abraham Lincoln

If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing. You can’t buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing. — Henry Kravis

True heroes are made of hard work and integrity. — Hope Solo

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Integrity is the ability to accept one’s past choices and actions and go forth and act in accordance with one’s deepest values from within. — Lynne Namka

I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works. I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff. — Esther Dyson

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.’ — Moliere

Famous Quotes About Integrity That Will Motivate You

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It’s integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, ‘Who can I do business with that I can trust?’ — George Foreman

Make living your life with absolute integrity and kindness your first priority. — Richard Carlson

As religion and faith are being driven out of the public square, the Judeo-Christian ethical foundations that have sustained our country since its beginning, are being lost and are being replaced with a humanistic amorality, a self-centered, pragmatic indifference that will ensure that our moral compasses will fail to point us in the right direction in the future. — Archie B. Carroll, Professor of Management, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. — Will Rogers

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain

The time is always right to do what is right. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

I’ve learned many things in my life. What never fails is integrity, consistency, and loyalty. — Bahiyah Shabazz

Excellence is the result of habitual integrity.

The glue that holds all relationships together … is trust, and trust is based on integrity. — Brian Tracy

Integrity of life is fame’s best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end. — John Webster

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. — Dr. William Menninger

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other. — Benjamin E. Mays

What is left when honor is lost? — Publilius Syrus

Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail. — Yemi Osinbajo

Integrity reveals beauty. — Thomas Leonard

We need to stress that personal integrity is as important as executive skill in business dealings…. Setting an example from the top has a ripple effect throughout a business school or a corporation. After nearly three decades in business, 10 years as chief executive of a Big Eight accounting firm, I have learned that the standards set at the top filter throughout a company….[Quoting Professor Thomas Dunfee of the Wharton School:] ‘ A company that fails to take steps to produce a climate conducive to positive work-related ethical attitudes may create a vacuum in which employees so predisposed may foster a frontier-style, everyone for themselves mentality.’ — Russell E. Palmer

There can be no friendship without confidence and no confidence without integrity. — Samuel Johnson

Integrity is your destiny. It is the light that guides your way. — Plato

Supporting the truth, even when it is unpopular, shows the capacity for honesty and integrity. — Steve Brunkhorst

In my life, I’m just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart; I’m not a heartbreaker. — Johnathon Schaech

Though negotiations are a rough game, you should never allow them to become a dirty game. Once you’ve agreed to a deal, don’t back out of it unless the other party fails to deliver as promised. Your handshake is your bond. As far as I’m concerned, a handshake is worth more than a signed contract. As an entrepreneur, a reputation for integrity is your most valuable commodity. If you try to put something over on someone, it will come back to haunt you. — Victor Kiam

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. — Douglas Adams

Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend. — Jack McDevitt

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention, but calamity is the test of integrity. — Samuel Richardson

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never do anything that you can’t admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it’s probably wrong. — Ashly Lorenzana

In the end, you should always do the right thing even if it’s hard. — Nicholas Sparks

Develop your character so that you are a person of integrity. — Peter Cain

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. — Abraham Lincoln

Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity. — Job 31:6

He who walks with integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will become known. — Proverbs 10:9

If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to try to prevent it and damn the consequences. — Lord Milner

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. — Proverbs 19:1

The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. — Proverbs 20:7

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich. — Proverbs 28:6

If you value your integrity, then be prepared to take a beating from those who have none. — Lars Lau Thygesen

Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. — Job 27:5

The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them. — Proverbs 11:3

…in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility… — Titus 2:7

Real Integrity Quotes

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square. — Michelle Obama

When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity – regardless of what others may do – you are destined for greatness. — Napoleon Hill

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility. — Nelson Mandela

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. — Stephen Covey

Leading with integrity and empathy requires vision and a connection to your deepest self. — Karla McLaren

It takes courage to create a meaningful life of integrity. It also requires good company. And practice. — Shelly Francis

With many overhead schemes for the world’s salvation, everything rests back on integrity and driving power in personal character. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. — George Eliot

Creating a culture of integrity and accountability not only improves effectiveness, it also generates a respectful, enjoyable and life-giving setting in which to work. — Tom Hanson

As you experience changes and breakthroughs, know that integrity, honesty and truth are the highest vibrating energies to guide you forward. Everything else will fall away. — Molly McCord

The qualities of a great man are “vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character. — Dwight Eisenhower

It’s easy to have principles when you’re rich. The important thing is to have principles when you’re poor. — Ray Kroc

All believers must guard the heart and the mind and strive to walk before Christ and with each other in integrity. — David Alley

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

Integrity is the seed for achievement. It is the principle that never fails. — Earl Nightingale

People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses. — Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Integrity Quotes For Work and Business

Think P.I.G. – that’s my motto. P stands for Persistence, I stands for Integrity, and G stands for Guts. These are the ingredients for a successful business and a successful life. — Linda Chandler

If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself. — Frank Perdue

Customer retention may be best supported by operational integrity. After all, when you think about your personal relationships as well as your business relationships, you tend to stick with the folks that are really good at showing they sincerely care about you, and doing what they say they’re going to do. It boils down to trust. — L. Hunsaker

There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment. — Orison Swett Marden

Power really is a test of character. In the hands of a person of integrity, it is of tremendous benefit; in the hands of a tyrant, it causes terrible destruction. — John Maxwell

I don’t know a more dignified and effective workforce than one operating from a position of worth, integrity, and confidence, as well as one that excels in language of appreciation. — Tan Sri Francis Yeoh

Some things are kind of obvious when it comes to leadership. You have to be a great communicator, have very high integrity and have tremendous perseverance and stamina. — Suresh Basandra

Here’s a truth: principled leaders solve moral problems. They have the courage to act rightly. They consistently demonstrate principled conduct under pressure. — Gus Lee

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. — Jimmy Carter

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. — Zig Ziglar

The first law of leadership is that your foundation is built through integrity, character, and trust. — Brian Cagneey

When you trust people, you have confidence in them — in their integrity and in their abilities. — Stephen Covey

It takes courage to “join soul and role” in organizations that make it unsafe to show up with integrity and act in alignment with it. But when we find that courage, our lives become more whole, our work reaches deeper, the people we serve are better served, and, in ways large and small, the world becomes a better place. — Parker J. Palmer

Integrity can be difficult to define in business. A true leader becomes our true role models and great teamwork quotes inspire some integrity and hard work in workplace and personal life.

Positive Integrity Quotes

The wind might cause a kite to rise, but what keeps it up there is the fact that somebody on the ground has a steady hand. You have to hold steady to your values – your integrity. It’s your anchor. You let go of that. . . well, it isn’t long before your kite comes crashing down. — Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen

Admitting one’s own faults is the first step to changing them, and it is a demonstration of true bravery and integrity. — Philip Johnson

One person of integrity can make a difference. — Elie Wiesel

Integrity is the ingredient that will enable you to forge rapidly ahead on the highway that leads to success. It advertises you as being an individual who will always come through. Whatever you say you will do, do it even if you have to move heaven and earth. — Mary Kay

Calamity and prosperity are the touchstones of integrity. — Benjamin Franklin

You learn a lot about someone by what they choose to do when no one is watching. — Shane Parrish

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. — Edward R. Murrow

Integrity might take a long time to pay off economically but it pays off instantly through inner peace. — Sven Schnieders

Your level of integrity, ethical behavior and sense of fairness will contribute to your success – or lack of it – over the long term. — Ross Wilson

If you want to influence others, the most important thing you can do is be a living example of the principles, ideals, and faith that you advocate. — Nick Vujicic

Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. — Augustine of Hippo

Integrity lies in, doing what one speaks; speaking what one does. — M. K. Soni

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle. — Ashley Montagu

Having a grateful disposition brings about other virtues, including generosity, compassion, humility, joy, wisdom, trust and integrity. — Bree Miller

Living a life of integrity pays off, but it takes a very long time. — Naval Ravikant

Walk with honor, character, and integrity in all that you do. Do these things and you will find that you can appreciate the adventure of life and live with greater ease. — Shawn L. Anderson