Integrity
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- Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.
- Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
- Wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.
- Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
- Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
- Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are and your reputation is what others think you are.
- Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
- You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.
- You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.
- You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.
- You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
- You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
- You don’t have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.
- You learn a lot about someone by what they choose to do when no one is watching.
- You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
- You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
- You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it all. But let all you tell be truth.
- You should not lead one life in private and another in public.
- Your reputation is what you’re perceived to be. Your character is what you really are.
- Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.
- Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.
- You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person – Intelligence, energy, and integrity. And if they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first two.