Integrity Quotes

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

- John Boyle O'Reilly

"A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. … A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states."

- Vaclav Havel

"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples."

- Amos-Bronson-Alcott

"Money and power don't change you, they just further expose your true self."

- Jay-Z

"I come from a place where you had to keep your word, where people would stick with you no matter what… I just tried to be a man of my word."

- Jay-Z

"Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman."

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"Eagle rises to the top of the precipice with its wings; man, to the top of the honour, with his morals!"

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Before God trusts you with success, you have to prove yourself humble enough to handle the big prize."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"The time is always right to do what is right."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yard stick to your success is how you treat other people."

- Barbara Bush