43 Quotes About Being a Woman of Integrity

Defining yourself by your morals and value is a great way to establish a strong foundation for your life. These quotes about being a woman of integrity highlight the spirit and position of these type of individuals.

“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 man should be upright, not be kept upright.”

“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.”

“Character is what you are in the dark.”

“Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.”

“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 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don’t.”

“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 the first step to true greatness.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There is no better test of a man’s integrity than his behavior when he is wrong.”

“To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”

“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.”

Living with humility and honor can bring you great privilege and success in your life.