Honesty defines our character. From keeping our promises to building integrity, these quotes about honesty and integrity capture the strength needed to be successful.
“A life lived with integrity even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”
“A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.”
“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.”
“He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds.”
“If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself.”
“If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing. You can’t buy it.”
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”
“In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.”
“In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.”
“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.”
“Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.”
“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
“Integrity is the essence of everything successful.”
“Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.”
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
“It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.”
“Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it.”
“Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it.”
“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.”
“Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.”
“Perhaps the surest test of an individual’s integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.”
“Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company.”
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.”
“The slow man with integrity will ultimately catch the swift one who has none.”
“The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.”
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”
“There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.”
“To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”
“Truthfulness is the main element of character.”
“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ”
“You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity.”
“You have the right to remain silent, but you can never, repeat, never lie or shade the truth.”
“Your reputation and integrity are everything. Follow through on what you say you’re going to do. Your credibility can only be built over time, and it is built from the history of your words and actions.”
Integrity and honesty is an important quality to have in the workplace.
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