Quotes About Truth And Integrity

#1. Great learning and superior abilities ... will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.

Abigail Adams

#2. 'Last Resort,' to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation.

Jessy Schram

#3. Because I've always felt, whether the fatwa or whatever, the writer's great weapon is the truth and integrity of his voice. And as long as what you're saying is what you truly, honestly believe to be the case, then whatever the consequences, that's fine. That's an honorable position.

Salman Rushdie

#4. Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

Benjamin E. Mays

#5. I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

Michael Tippett

#6. Nigeria is a country with abundance of wealth, but because of lack of truth and integrity, the wealth are stolen, but the paradox of the whole thing is, this stolen wealth always find their way to nations with no apparent natural wealth, but with a high credit of degree of truth and honesty.

Sunday Adelaja

#7. We have a great deal of fight inside us, and sometimes our strength of spirit forces us to choose truth and integrity over comfort and security.

Cat Winters

#8. Truth and integrity must be so rare these days that it confuses people when they hear it.

Donna Lynn Hope

#9. 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

#10. Nothing more inelegant and ineffective than an art conceived in another art's form.

Robert Bresson

#11. 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

#12. Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

Max De Pree

#13. The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the amount of negative behavior
or lack of integrity
a person exhibits is directly proportional to their amount of pain. - Tara Leigh's therapist (p.118)

Tara Leigh Cobble

#14. No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Henry Adams

#15. Never give up and never give in. The truth always finds a way to be told.

Shannon L. Alder

#16. Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical substance of life. They ought to be cherished. To sell them out is to sell one's soul.

Michael Short

#17. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

James E. Faust

#18. Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.

Charles R. Swindoll

#19. When "doctrinal integrity" (a term usually defined by those using it) trumps kindness and grace, faith has wandered out of bounds. Anything claiming to be truth that does not lead to compassion for our neighbors cannot rightfully be called the truth.

Ronnie McBrayer

#20. One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

Don DeLillo

#21. The best connections are the ones who are like-minded and who value quality, integrity, truth, passion for life and the desire share-it-forward while leaving an unprecedented legacy in the world."

-Steven Cuoco

Steven Cuoco

#22. When considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. Religion is one area of our lives where people imagine that some other standard of intellectual integrity applies.

Sam Harris

#23. Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Heraclitus

#24. But God himself is truth; in propagating which, as men display a greater integrity and zeal, they approach nearer to the similitude of God, and possess a greater portion of his love.

John Milton

#25. If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomachache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.

Ziauddin Yousafzai

#26. You see the bird and you see its flight.
You can not see through its eyes. Therefore, you don't know its plight.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

#27. To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence and tact, is the kindest thing to do because it respects our own integrity and acknowledges in others the capacity to be competent and mature.

Piero Ferrucci

#28. Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth.

Oprah Winfrey

#29. The more adept we become at feeling love and gratitude for all life's earthly learning experiences, the more quickly we are reminded that, whatever hardship may be placed before us, it is our choice always to return to a place of love and gratitude and to give thanks for all that still remains.

Molly Friedenfeld

#30. The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue - it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know.

Jeffrey R. Holland

#31. The only relationships that exist are based on truth. Everything else is just a mutual and isolating delusion.

Stefan Molyneux

#32. I grew convinc'd that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life;

Benjamin Franklin

#33. Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it.

Neale Donald Walsch

#34. Truth demands progress and change, and is always for the benefit of all souls - even if you must travel through a difficult learning process or make a shift as a result of facing the truth.

Molly Friedenfeld

#35. It may be difficult, but there will be times we need to pick up our brooms and do some spiritual house cleaning. It is through this process that we find our true relationships, our true heart, our core integrity, and our life's purpose.

Molly Friedenfeld

#36. Men and women of integrity understand intrinsically that theirs is the precious right to hold their heads in the sunlight of truth, unashamed before anyone. Embodied within this simple principle and character trait rests the foundational virtue of every person and of every society.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#37. I will either adamantly prioritize my agendas at the expense of the truth, or I will consistently bring my agendas into unrelenting obedience to the truth. And if for some reason you're trying to determine who I truly am, the choice I make will tell you.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#38. The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity ... these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.

Michael Moore

#39. The 'fact' of my actions frequently collide with the 'fiction' of my words. And at what point will I live what I say, so I will avoid what I do?

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#40. I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions ... to practice them ever while I lived.

Benjamin Franklin

#41. Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

Wayne W. Dyer

#42. Speak your truth with grace and integrity, even though it might upset some people. You never know who else, besides yourself, it might help.

Leila Summers

#43. It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.

Jane Austen

#44. What is morality, she asked.
Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price.

Ayn Rand

#45. Truth, honesty, integrity, he said. "And loyalty. Above truth, honesty, and integrity, I would demand loyalty. Loyalty above all. You have to swear an oath."

"I can never put loyalty above truth honesty and integrity. . . don't demand loyalty over truth. Don't ever do that.

Garth Stein

#46. Let those who follow me continue to build with the plumb of honor, the level of truth, and the square of integrity, education, courtesy and mutuality.

John Wanamaker

#47. True, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between authentic anger and bullshit and that's why the following exercise is designed to help you express your resentments with integrity, and not with demoralizing bullshit

Will Jelbert

#48. I wanted to give people the ability once again to realize that they can still dream, but it has to be a new American dream that's based in honesty, integrity, and security - a dream that allows you to sleep at night, a dream that is attainable and allows you to stand in your truth.

Suze Orman

#49. Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

Ken Blanchard

#50. Integrity is the courage and self-discipline to cooperate and initiate according to the Divine, which you know in your heart as Truth.

R. Buckminster Fuller

#51. Have clean hands in whatever you do. Integrity is doing the right thing when people are watching you and still making it right when they keep their eyes off.

Israelmore Ayivor

#52. Do not except anything as love without truth because love and truth have always been best friends.

Shannon L. Alder

#53. Real integrity comes from knowing oneself and believing in truth, without compromise, and no matter how challenging. Integrity is a beautiful thing.

Sameh Elsayed

#54. He was only aware of the conflict that was slowly destroying his integrity - the conflict between truth, and concealment of truth.

Arthur C. Clarke

#55. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourslef or to gossip about others. Use your power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Miguel Ruiz

#56. Show and prove to the world, to angels and to God, that you are on the side of truth and right, of honesty, purity and integrity, and that you are for God in His kingdom.

John Taylor

#57. Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#58. God's standard is expressed in the Bible, and the ultimate example of that standard is Jesus Christ. When we live by the truth, we possess integrity.

Billy Graham

#59. Have the courage to walk in truth, the strength to love always, and the integrity to never stray away from doing so.

A.D. Posey

#60. Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say 'No, you move'.

Christopher Markus

#61. When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.

John Tillotson

#62. It is the dirt within men's hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.

Jocelyn Murray

#63. Humans are not a commodity, nor is our humanity. Fight to save the lives of those who can not save themselves, and in turn, you will have saved your soul.

L.M. Fields

#64. When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

Andy Stanley

#65. There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.

Plato

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

Spencer Johnson

#67. We compromise too easily when life becomes difficult. Most sacrifice individuality and integrity without a fight, although arrogance prevents seeing this truth.

Brendon Burchard

#68. Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

Confucius

#69. When we live our life as if it is an open book, we are free in body, mind, and spirit and allow anyone to read from our pages.

Molly Friedenfeld

#70. I care not for the body which may rot. Yet, for the transgression of the spirit, of moral ethics, of life, liberty and the soul itself, I must and shall cross the line of battle or lose the very reason not to.

The Great Pacifist

#71. 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

#72. Uplift & Inspire, do not be envious of others success. You are given the same hours in a day. Make it worthwhile! Instead of focusing on what someone else is doing, pay attention to how you're living and make the best of life

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

#73. You must be more convinced and dedicated to the integrity of the truth.

Sunday Adelaja

#74. If I have taught my sons anything in life, it is to have integrity - to always tell the truth, and I believe they have.

Leonard N. Stern

#75. It is an important part of our life's experience to develop the strength, courage, and integrity to hold fast to truth and righteousness despite the buffeting we may experience.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

#76. Timeless principles never age, and truth is as young as the day it was spoken into existence.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#77. Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can't hear it.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#78. Being able to tell the truth about our own lack of personal integrity has integrity to it. The key to being able to deal with and lighten up about our own humanity is to get wholly honest about our dishonesty.

Lauren Handel Zander

#79. It is not enough that we are truthful; we must cherish and carry out high purposes to be truthful about.

Henry David Thoreau

#80. Our fears would disappear when we accept the truth and confront our challenges with integrity.

Mayank Sharma

#81. Loyalty to the President is great, but loyalty to truth, integrity, and country is even better.

Charles Krauthammer

#82. Dreams have a poetic integrity and truth. This limbo and dust-hole of thought is presided over by a certain reason, too.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#83. I scrutinized his face for honesty and then looked away. He was either a lunatic, a really good liar, or he was actually telling the truth.

Amy Astorga