Integrity Character Quotes

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.

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

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside the law. The same thing goes for rules, policies and procedures - you know, the organization's "internal laws." You can "go by the book" and still behave unethically. Still not move beyond mediocrity. High standards-the ethics of excellence-come to life through your basic values, your character, integrity and honesty. Obeying the law is the bare minimum.

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.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

Character is what you are in the dark.

There is a certain blend of courage, integrity, character and principle which has no satisfactory dictionary name but has been called different things at different times in different countries. Our American name for it is "guts."

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

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

The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

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.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one among the crowds, and in opposition to it - a tone of mind which will gradually win influence over the collective one, and in the end determine its character. Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.

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

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

No amount of talents, skills or charisma can sustain us the way integrity, character & attitude does.

You can't fool all of the people all of the time. But it isn't necessary.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The key is to listen to your heart and let it carry you in the direction of your dreams. I've learned that it's possible to set your sights high and achieve your dreams and do it with integrity, character, and love. And each day that you're moving toward your dreams without compromising who you are, you're winning.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

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

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.