Integrity has a hush to it.
A private steadiness.
A life that stays aligned, even when nobody applauds. ✨
As Meister Eckhart reminds us, "In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity."
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake. ~ Greg Anderson
No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self approval. ~ Minot Simons
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. ~ W. Clement Stone
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. ~ Oliver Cromwell
The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. ~ Junius
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. ~ Stephen R. Covey
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play it safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. ~ Cecil Beaton
Does one’s integrity ever lie in what one is not able to do? I think that usually it does, for free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one person. Freedom cannot be conceived simply. ~ Flannery O’Connor
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
Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. ~ Vanessa Redgrave
Truthfulness is the real mark of integrity. ~ Brian Tracy
Integrity is when what you say, what you do, what you think, and who you ARE all come from the same place. ~ Madelyn Griffith-Haynie
Just being honest is not enough. The essential ingredient is executive integrity. ~ Philip Crosby
You should never risk your integrity or your soul for any amount of money. ~ Charles Jackson
Integrity is one of several paths, it distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path, and the only one upon which you will never get lost. ~ M. H. McKee
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