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

"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."

- Charlie Parker

"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."

- John Mason

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

- Martin Luther King III

"I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft."

- Cornel West

"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest."

- Mark Twain

"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."

- Golda Meir

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it."

- Peyton Manning

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Too many people spend money they earned to buy things they don't want to impress people that they don't like."

- Will Rogers Jr.

"Don't worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition."

- Abraham Lincoln

"If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting."

- Aaron Lauritsen

"They lied. The goal was never to be the prettiest woman in the room. that's boring as hell. It was always to be the most alive. to be the most youest you. therefore the most radiant! most magnetic! most incandescent most poetic the most true."

- Chelsie Diane

"When at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us...our success or failure...will be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage...? Secondly, were we truly men of judgment...? Third, were we truly men of integrity...? Finally, were we truly men of dedication...?"

- John F. Kennedy

"It may be different elsewhere. But democratic society - in it, the highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may"

- John F. Kennedy

"Loyal, brave and true."

- Mulan

"I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that."

- Anita Hill

"I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be."

- Rosa Parks

"Be authentic. You'll break through the static when you find your secret sauce and share it with the world."

- Grace Mahary