Inspirations

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

- Marcus Aurelius

In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.

- Gamaliel Bradford

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

- Nathaniel Branden

Honor your commitments with integrity.

- Les Brown

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

- Charles Caleb Colton

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it.

- George Eliot

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

- Werner Erhard

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.

- St. Francis of Assisi

Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.

- Erich Fromm

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

- Buckminster Fuller

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.

- Buckminster Fuller

Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.

- Don Galer

There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.

- Napoleon Hill

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

- Samuel Johnson

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

- Junius

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

- Martin Luther

Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do.

- Morris Mandel

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

- George Mcgovern

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

- Thomas Paine

In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.

- Barbara Paley

If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself.

- Frank Perdue

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

- Plutarch

The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

- Albert Schweitzer

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't.

- Peter Scotese

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

- Charles Simmons

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

- Publilius Syrus

The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

- Brian Tracy

A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.

- Source Unknown

Achievement is not the most important thing -- Authenticity is

- Source Unknown

It is far better to be trusted and respected that it is to be liked.

- Source Unknown

The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability.

- Source Unknown

The slow man with integrity will ultimately catch the swift one who has none.

- Source Unknown

A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

- Denis Waitley

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

- Denis Waitley

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.

- Denis Waitley

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

- James Allen

Do not do what you would undo if caught.

- Leah Arendt

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

- Mary Kay Ash

How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.

- Edward Frederic Benson

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. [Leviticus 19:11]

- Bible

Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

- Christian Nevell Bovee

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

- Leo Buscaglia

You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.

- Edgar Cayce

They're only truly great who are truly good.

- George Chapman

Prefer a loss to dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

- Chilo

A few honest men are better than numbers.

- Oliver Cromwell

There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white.

- John F Dodge

Successful people have cultivated the habit of never denying to themselves their true feelings and attitudes. They have no need for pretenses.

- David Harold Fink

Honesty is the best policy.

- Benjamin Franklin

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

- Sigmund Freud

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

- Vernon Howard

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

- Lee Iacocca

Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.

- William James

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

- Thomas Jefferson

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

- John Lyly

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

- Sidney Madwed

There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame -- manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.

- Orison Swett Marden

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

- Orison Swett Marden

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

- Ed Mcmahon

When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.

- Clark Moustakas

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

- Alexander Pope

No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest.

- Sir Walter Raleigh

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

- John Ruskin

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

- Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

- William Shakespeare

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

- George Bernard Shaw

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

- Sophocles

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

- Joseph Sugarman

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

- Henry David Thoreau

Honesty is a question of right or wrong, not a matter of policy.

- Source Unknown

Honesty shines like a light through your eyes.

- Source Unknown

Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.

- Source Unknown

There is no right way to do something wrong.

- Source Unknown

If you follow only one rule, let it be this one: Be yourself. The really strong boy-girl relationships are based on what people really are, not on what they pretend to be.

- Source Unknown

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.

- George Washington

You can't make wrong work.

- Gerald Waterhouse

Be prepared and be honest.

- John Wooden

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

- Brigham Young

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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it.

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.

Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.

There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer, Just about everything you do.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.

The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.

Achievement is not the most important thing -- Authenticity is

It is far better to be trusted and respected that it is to be liked.

The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability.

The slow man with integrity will ultimately catch the swift one who has none.

A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Do not do what you would undo if caught.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. [Leviticus 19:11]

Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Prefer a loss to dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white.

Successful people have cultivated the habit of never denying to themselves their true feelings and attitudes. They have no need for pretenses.

Honesty is the best policy.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame -- manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

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

Honesty is a question of right or wrong, not a matter of policy.

Honesty shines like a light through your eyes.

Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.

There is no right way to do something wrong.

If you follow only one rule, let it be this one: Be yourself. The really strong boy-girl relationships are based on what people really are, not on what they pretend to be.

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.

You can't make wrong work.

Be prepared and be honest.