Honesty Integrity Quotes

• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

  John Ruskin

  Trust, Children, Truth

  John Ruskin (1868). “Time and Tide, by Weare and Tyne. Twenty-five letters to a Working Man of Sunderland (Thomas Dixon) on the laws of work ... Second edition”, p.37

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• It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

  Noel Coward

  Honesty, Lying, People

  Noel Coward (1979). “Plays, four”, Methuen Drama

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• The time is always right to do what is right.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  "This Dallas Boy's MLK Jr. Speech Is Such A Sweet Message For Today's World" by Sarah Friedmann, www.bustle.com. January 2018.

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• The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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

  Spencer Johnson

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

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• Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Truth, Honesty

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.165, Harvard University Press

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• A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Success, Witty, Memorial Day

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1953

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• Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Trust, Children

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• If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

  Jesse Ventura

  Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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• The truth is more important than the facts.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Wise, Witty, Truth

  Frank Lloyd Wright (2014). “Letters to Architects”, p.170, Elsevier

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  I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

  Frederick Douglass

  Respect, Fear, Integrity

  Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

  Virginia Woolf

  Inspirational, Honesty, Lying

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.3151, Delphi Classics

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• Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common
  to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

  John McCain

  Leadership, Honesty, Integrity

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• Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Honesty, Self Esteem, Integrity

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• I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

  George Washington

  Trust, Hope, Truth

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.46, Rowman & Littlefield

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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

  Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

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  The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

  Zig Ziglar

  Love, Success, Faith

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 03, 2014

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• Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspiring, Success, Honesty

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• If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

  Alan K. Simpson

  Honesty, Integrity, Inspiration

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• If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Memories

  Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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• 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

  Strength, Inspiring, Courage

  "Teen Ink: What Matters". Book by Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer and Peggy Veljkovic (p. 309), April 15, 2003.

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• Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

  Albert Einstein

  Trust, Leadership, Truth

  "Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb".

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• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.112

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• Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.

  Taylor Lautner

  Loyalty, Honesty, Keys

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