Top 100 Integrity Is Quotes
#1. Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core.
James E. Faust
#2. Living on borders and in margins, keeping intact one's shifting and multiple identity and integrity, is like trying to swim in a new element, an 'alien' element.
Gloria E. Anzaldua
#3. I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.
Tony Dorsett
#4. Victory with honor and integrity is the real goal of sport. Sometimes it happens that others are better than you. I could never beat Carl Lewis in a hundred-yard dash, but my victory might be in running faster today than I did yesterday.
Don Sparks
#5. Integrity is praised, and starves.
Juvenal
#6. To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
Vance Havner
#7. Integrity is not a given factor in everyone's life. It is a result of self-discipline, inner trust, and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives.
John C. Maxwell
#8. Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.
Junius
#9. Integrity is the noblest possession.
-Latin Proverb.
John Adair
#10. The great question that God's speech out of the whirlwind poses for Job and every other person of integrity is this: Can you love what you do not control?
Ellen F. Davis
#11. Faith that is not evidenced by a life of integrity is not biblical faith at all.
David Jeremiah
#12. Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
Vanessa Redgrave
#13. The more money you make, the more the culture already attracts you to serve it, with an aura of glitter and power, to reproduce it in even stronger ways. And you have to resist that so much if any meaningful artistic integrity is to be had.
Fady Joudah
#15. No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
Ovid
#16. Your integrity is sacrosanct. It is who you are. Never let anyone step on your integrity - that's absolutely where you must stand solid.
Ret. Gen. Peter Pace
#17. I'm not a Saban guy, because I don't like liars, and I think he lied. I think he lied to the Miami Dolphins and to the fans of Miami, and he left. And it's pretty simple: I think integrity is very important; if you don't have integrity, I don't know how you can be successful.
Ron Jaworski
#18. Truly said, We've talked to people, Mr. Cole. You've an outstanding reputation for diligence, and your integrity is above reproach.
Robert Crais
#19. I am more convinced than ever. Conceptual integrity is central to product quality.
Fred Brooks
#20. Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.
Jack McDevitt
#22. The concept behind personal integrity is wholeness. When a person is the same without as within, when what others know about him is the same truth he knows about himself, he has integrity.
William Backus
#23. Character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you in return.
Integrity is how you act when you think nobody is looking.
Thea Nishimori
#24. People are always afraid to think. And alas, Ethan, integrity is always a prisoner of vanity, and common sense is easily eclipsed by greed.
William Dietrich
#26. If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good.
Anne Hill
#27. Decisiveness is the number one quality of a dynamic leader; his ability to communicate a decision with passion and integrity is an art form.
Farshad Asl
#28. Integrity is not about the action but its purpose. Are you doing it for everyone's wellbeing or for your own benefit?
Jaggi Vasudev
#31. The definition of integrity is this:
Being what I say I am by acting in accordance with my words.
John G. Miller
#32. An organization has integrity - is healthy - when it is whole, consistent, and complete, that is, when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.
Patrick Lencioni
#33. In a world filled with flaky people, those that honor commitments and do what they say STAND-OUT. Integrity is currency.
Matthew Loop
#34. Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.
Brian Tracy
#35. Integrity is a virtue which defines the depth of life.
Debasish Mridha
#36. Purely formal integrity is just about the only kind of integrity our popular culture celebrates anymore
Anonymous
#37. The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.
Gautama Buddha
#38. Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.
David Jeremiah
#39. Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
Jeffrey Fry
#40. Integrity is your own gauge of what is right for you. Integrity is not a stand-alone concept,
Jennifer Lopez
#41. Integrity is an eternal virtue we should focus our mind on and not miracles
Sunday Adelaja
#42. Integrity is a high rock above which the stormy ocean of worldly troubles cannot rise.
Alan Cohen
#43. Peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national integrity is fit only for slaves, and even when purchased for such a price it is a delusion, for it cannot last.
William Borah
#44. The greatest roadblock to Satan's work is the Christian who, above all else, lives for God, walks with integrity, is filled with the Spirit, and is obedient to God's truth.
Billy Graham
#45. Leading with integrity is embracing honesty! We should always use our weaknesses to point others to Christ's strength.
Perry Noble
#46. A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.
David Augsburger
#47. Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#48. Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.
Maria Menounos
#49. Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.
Nathaniel Branden
#50. Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
Thomas S. Monson
#51. My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach.
Kojo Annan
#52. Your Integrity is more important than your immediate Life.
L. Ron Hubbard
#53. We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.
Bobby Knight
#54. The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.
Nathaniel Branden
#55. This guy was a real Pscyho' Mr. Levy said.
'To you character is a psychosis, integrity is a complex. I've heard it all before.
John Kennedy Toole
#56. For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'
Kenneth Chenault
#58. Do not be a "go along, get along" person when it comes to the suffering of others. Integrity is not a popularity contest. Stand for love!
Bryant McGill
#59. I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was - and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization - ranging from modern colloquial to the classics - and artistic integrity is unsurpassed.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
#60. Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Greg Anderson
#62. The ultimate test of our integrity is not how we deal with those whom we agree but how we deal with those who we do not agree.
Nathaniel Branden
#63. The power of the state stops at our skins. They can't restrict contraception [or] abortion. They can't take our kidneys. Bodily integrity is a principle.
Gloria Steinem
#64. Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us.
Ben Bradlee
#65. Honesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful.
Roy Bennett
#66. Integrity is a powerful force, keeping you alive to others long after you've left their presence.
Mollie Marti
#67. Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
Laura Schlessinger
#68. Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.
Brene Brown
#69. The black hole in democracy is integrity. The great unspoken is integrity. When integrity is not first and foremost, it's quite palpable but not visible. It's always there. Jazz highlights it because musicians and jazz always represented a high level of integrity.
Wynton Marsalis
#71. Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.'
Orson Scott Card
#72. Integrity is what you do behind closed doors or when you think nobody is watching. Integrity is the true essence of who you are, your beliefs and your values. Reputation is the public perception of who you are. It is how others view your integrity or strong moral principles.
Erik Qualman
#74. Integrity is the most important accessory you'll ever have, it will never go out of fashion, get old, or fade. It's the greatest investment you'll ever make, and a noble fight you'll spend your lifetime pursuing.
Alexis Jones
#75. Integrity is keeping my commitments even if the circumstances when I made those commitments have changed.
David Jeremiah
#76. Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages, are constantly striving for.
Harold S. Kushner
#77. Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Spencer Johnson
#78. Integrity is the fundamental premise for military service in a free society. Without integrity, the moral pillars of our military strength, public trust, and self-respect are lost.
Charles A. Gabriel
#79. 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
#80. Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters into in varying degrees. Integrating is a major developmental task at every stage of life.
David A. Kolb
#81. One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
Stephen Covey
#82. Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.
Brian Tracy
#83. Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.
Ayn Rand
#84. Having integrity is about being the same person on the inside that we are on the outside, and if we don't have integrity, life becomes exhausting.
Donald Miller
#85. Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. What our young people want to see in their elders is integrity, honesty, truthfulness, and faith. What they hate most of all is hypocrisy and phoniness ... Let them see us doing what we would like them to do.
Billy Graham
#86. Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.
Zig Ziglar
#87. I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards.
Fran Lebowitz
#88. Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.
Pearl S. Buck
#89. Integrity is like virginity: once lost, never recoverable
Julian Barnes
#90. Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.
Ronald Dworkin
#91. Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.
Jim Stovall
#92. The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.
Heraclitus
#93. One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
Chinua Achebe
#94. Conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design.
Fred Brooks
#95. It has become dramatically clear that the foundation of corporate integrity is personal integrity.
Samuel DiPiazza
#96. A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.
Stephen Covey
#97. Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.
Narendra Modi
#98. Integrity is incredibly important to me. As long as you're authentic, you can do no wrong.
Timm Sharp
#99. Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.
Nathaniel Branden
#100. Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.
L. Lionel Kendrick
