Honesty And Integrity Quotes:

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspiring, Success, Honesty, Good News, Truth And Honesty

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

- Michelle Obama

source: Speeach at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

topic: Honesty, Integrity, Squares, Truth And Honesty, Truth Honesty

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Leadership, Truth, Honesty, Spiritual Integrity, Not Trusting

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

- Spencer Johnson

topic: Truth, Honesty, Integrity, Moral Ethics, Moral Integrity

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

- Mark Twain

topic: Life, Funny Inspirational, Honesty, Way In Life, Trustworthiness

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

- Douglas Adams

topic: Leadership, Money, Integrity, Inspirational Customer Service, Inspirational Service

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

- Zig Ziglar

source: Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.222, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Motivational, Integrity, Real, Integrity And Character, Integrity Character

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

- Bob Marley

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Affected, Interpersonal Relationship

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom, Inspirational Wisdom, Most Wise

The time is always right to do what is right.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Social Good, Social Service

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

- Scott Hamilton

topic: Honesty, Integrity, High Road, Taking The High Road, Honest And Integrity

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

- Samuel Johnson

topic: Education, Honesty, Integrity, Antithesis, Knowledge Is Dangerous

To live a life of honesty and integrity is a responsibility of every decent person.

- Noam Chomsky

source: Source: www.publicanthropology.org

topic: Honesty, Integrity, Responsibility, Honesty And Integrity

The glue that holds all relationships together ... is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Relationship, Integrity, Together, Trustworthiness, Strong Relationship

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.

- J. C. Watts

topic: Integrity, Character, Thinking, Making Good Choices, Inspirational Character

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

- Marcus Aurelius

topic: Inspirational, Truth, Honesty, Spiritual Integrity, Morals And Integrity

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

- W. Clement Stone

source: "Teen Ink: What Matters". Book by Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer and Peggy Veljkovic (p. 309), April 15, 2003.

topic: Strength, Inspiring, Courage, Inspirational Courage, Spiritual Integrity

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, About Success, Mediocre Minds

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

- Alan K. Simpson

topic: Honesty, Integrity, Inspiration, Spiritual Integrity, Integrity And Character

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Life Wisdom, Spirit Bound

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

- William Shakespeare

topic: Inspirational, Trust, Honesty, Making Good Choices, Lost Myself

Who lies for you will lie against you.

- John Locke

topic: Truth, Honesty, Lying, Lies Truth, Dishonesty And Lying

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

source: First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1953

topic: Success, Witty, Atheist, Inspirational Military, Memorial Day Poems

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

- Frederick Douglass

source: Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

topic: Respect, Fear, Integrity, True To Myself, Moral Hazard

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

topic: Trust, Hope, Truth, Firmness, Inspirational Character

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Honesty, Believe, Not Honest, Belief And Action

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

- Laura Schlessinger

topic: Honesty, Integrity, Self Esteem, Integrity And Character, Moral Ethics

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

topic: Stars, Integrity, Light, Ethics And Integrity, Honest And Integrity

People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.

- David A. Bednar

topic: Honesty, Integrity, Practice, Practice What You Preach, Honest And Integrity

This above all; to thine own self be true.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation, True To Myself, Horatio

Do the right thing because it is right.

- Immanuel Kant

source: Immanuel Kant (2005). “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”, p.39, Broadview Press

topic: Courage, Honesty, Integrity, Inspirational Courage, Spiritual Integrity

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

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Loyalty, Respect, Honesty, Making Good Choices, Inspirational Character

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

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Courage, Integrity, Moral Obligation, Integrity And Character

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

- Virginia Woolf

source: Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.3151, Delphi Classics

topic: Inspirational, Honesty, Lying, Finding Out The Truth, Telling Lies

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

- William Safire

topic: Mean, Liberty, Doe, Good Character, Making Good Choices

Remember that becoming people of integrity and honesty is not simply a matter of more personal determination, more grit, and more willpower; rather, it is accomplished through the enabling power of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.

- David A. Bednar

topic: Determination, Jesus, Honesty, Honesty And Integrity

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

- Noel Coward

source: Noel Coward (1979). “Plays, four”, Methuen Drama

topic: Honesty, People, Deceit, Deceitful, Not Honest

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

- Harper Lee

source: To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 11 (1960)

topic: Honesty, Powerful, Integrity, Jem And Scout, Kill A Mockingbird Memorable

Becoming people of integrity and honesty does not occur quickly or all at once, nor is it merely a matter of greater personal discipline. It is a change of disposition, a change of heart. And this gradual change of heart is one that the Lord accomplishes within us, through the power of His Spirit, in a line-upon-line fashion.

- David A. Bednar

topic: Fashion, Honesty, Integrity, Gradual Change, Change Of Heart

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

- Walter Anderson

source: Walter Anderson (1988). “The Greatest Risk of All”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Change, Happiness, Success, Taking Risks, Chance And Risk

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

- John Ruskin

topic: Trust, Children, Truth, Truth Honesty, Honest And Integrity

Integrity is at the heart of commerce in the world in which we live. Honesty and integrity comprise the very underpinnings of society.....Indeed, the strength and safety of any organization-including the family-lie in the integrity of its members. Without personal integrity, there can be no confidence. Without confidence, there can be no prospect of permanent success.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Honesty, Lying, Integrity, No Confidence, Personal Integrity

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.

- Dennis Prager

source: FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Sep 07, 2014

topic: Honesty, Kindness, Integrity, Kindness Generosity, Columnists

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

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging, Spiritual Integrity, Integrity And Character

Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

- Michelle Obama

source: Democratic National Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

topic: Honesty, Squares, Shortcuts, Honest And Integrity, Honest Person

The truth is more important than the facts.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

source: Frank Lloyd Wright (2014). “Letters to Architects”, p.170, Elsevier

topic: Wise, Witty, Powerful, Ignorance Is Bliss, Lies Truth

If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

- Mark Twain

topic: Memories, Needs, Good Memories, Way In Life, Being Truthful

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

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Honesty, Honest People, Honesty And Integrity