Integrity Quotes

"This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Now no one can fault the conqueror for writing history the way he sees it, and certainly not for digesting human events and discovering their patterns according to his point of view. But we can fault him for not owning up to what his point of view is."

- Toni Morrison

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence."

- Frederick Douglass

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."

- Malcolm X

"Integrity reveals beauty."

- Thomas Leonard

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"If I wear a mask, I can fool the world, but I cannot fool my heart."

- Mulan

"No man is above the law, and no man is below it."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."

- James Bryce

""People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'You're safe with me,' that's intimacy.""

- Taylor Jenkins Reid, _The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo_

"The godly, faithful life of pastors, or lack thereof, will set the tone for the entire church they serve."

- Michael Carlino

"Don’t excuse yourself from the biblical calling to set an example for the flock. Yes, you are a sinner, and you are not perfect. God knows that pastors need the cleansing blood of Jesus and the good news of what Jesus has done, just as much as anyone else. But we also know that God sets a higher standard for leaders. Our acceptance before God has already been fully met for us in Christ. So seek to be an example to others in freedom, knowing Christ has already met the standard you could never meet."

- Michael Carlino

"True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what`s right."

- Bringham Young

"Practice rather than preach. Make your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others."

- Alexander Haig

"Words without actions to back them up mean nothing. Actions without words to back them up stand on their own."

- Old-Man-of-the-Sea

"Character is what you do when no one is watching. Let today reflect your true strength."

- Booker T. Washington

"It doesn’t matter if we think we’re fearless or if we do things while quaking. The important thing is to be true to our own dreams and live authentic lives."

- Diane Conway

"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."

- Socrates

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

- Socrates

"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."

- Socrates

"An honest man is always a child."

- Socrates

"Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are."

- Socrates

"Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity…"

- Titus 2:6-7

"Fitness is like a relationship; you can’t cheat and expect it to work."

"I speak my truth clearly, calmly, and openly."

"Today, I will be my authentic self."