I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an "Honest Man." George Washington

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Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect. Marcus Aurelius

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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. William Boetcker

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Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character. Brian Tracy

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A little integrity is better than any career. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity. If you can be absolutely relied upon; if when you say a thing is so, it is so; if when you say you will do a thing, you do it; then you carry with you a passport to universal esteem. Grenville Kleiser

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Be more concerned about what's right rather than who's right. Brian Tracy

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For thus I estimate the qualities of the mind: 1, good humor; 2, integrity; 3, industry; 4, science. The preference of the first to the second quality may not at first be acquiesced in; but certainly we had all rather associate with a good-humored, light-principled man, than with an ill-tempered rigorist in morality. Thomas Jefferson

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Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character. Brian Tracy

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

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

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There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark

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Never "for the sake of peace and quiet" deny your own experience or convictions. Dag Hammarskjöld

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The time is always right to do what is right. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Perfect valor is to do without witness what one would do before all the world. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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It is better to have a thief than a liar working for you, because at least you can watch a thief. Larry Winget

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If you can get along with everyone and everyone loves you, then you don't stand for much. A person who stands his ground for his principles and won't compromise his integrity is not loved by everyone. Larry Winget

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Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong. Larry Winget

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Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will. John D. MacDonald

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The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. Zig Ziglar

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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. Gaius Crispus

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Once you have decided that you are going to live consistent with a value, your level of integrity determines whether or not you follow through on your commitment. The more you discipline yourself to live consistent with the very best you know, the greater is your level of personal integrity. And the higher your level of integrity, the happier and more powerful you will feel in everything you do. Brian Tracy

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Integrity is not so much a value in itself; it is rather the value that guarantees all the other values. Anonymous

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Successful people are more concerned with what is right rather than who is right. Brian Tracy

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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good. Norman Schwarzkopf

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I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. Napoleon Hill

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I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. Alan Greenspan

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Let him who would be happy for a day go to the barber; for a week, marry a wife; for a month, buy him a new horse; for a year, build him a new house; for all his lifetime, be an honest man. Thomas Fuller

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It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. Adlai Stevenson

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Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice. Stephen Covey

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There's only one story in life for which you'll have every answer: the truth. If you live an exemplary life, and do what you're supposed to do, you walk down the block and you don't worry if someone is tapping you on the shoulder asking a question. Bob Hurley

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I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in the long run. Steve Spurrier

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As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others. "Wrong" and "right" will have little to do with being found out. Stephen Covey

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Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do, and what is the right thing to do. Potter Stewart

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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Samuel Johnson

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Honesty is telling the truth - in other words, conforming our words to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. Stephen Covey

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I believe that a life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude - that you can psych yourself into peace of mind.

Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way. Stephen Covey

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Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets - and can be lost in a heartbeat. Charlie Munger

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Integrity is not complicated. If it seems to be, you probably do not belong on our team. David Sokol

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I wish that I may never think the smiles of the great and powerful a sufficient inducement to turn aside from the straight path of honesty and the convictions of my own mind. David Ricardo

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One of the greatest sources of problems in our society arises from people having loads of wrong theories in their heads — often theories that are critical of others — that they won't test by speaking to the relevant people about them. Instead, they talk behind people's backs, which leads to pervasive misinformation. I learned to hate this because I could see that making judgments about people so that they are tried and sentenced in your head, without asking them for their perspective, is both unethical and unproductive. So I learned to love real integrity (saying the same things as one believes) and to despise the lack of it. Ray Dalio

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People who are one way on the inside and believe that they need to be another way outside to please others become conflicted and often lose touch with what they really think and feel. It's difficult for them to be happy and almost impossible for them to be at their best. Ray Dalio

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