Moral Integrity Quotes

• Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.

  Eric Hoffer

  Integrity, Balance, Taste

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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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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• I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

  Jewel

  Integrity, People, Brave

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  Do the right thing because it is right.

  Immanuel Kant

  Courage, Honesty, Integrity

  Immanuel Kant (2005). “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”, p.39, Broadview Press

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• I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Integrity, Men, Morality

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.239, Algora Publishing

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• Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

  Dennis Prager

  Courage, Kindness, Honesty

  FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Sep 07, 2014

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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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• It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Courage, Integrity

  Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.372, Univ of California Press

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  It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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• Have the courage to face the truth

  W. Clement Stone

  Courage, Honesty, Integrity

  Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone (1991). “Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

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

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Smart

  "Refining Your Style : Learning from Respected Communicators" by Dave Stone, (p. 143), 2004.

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• Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.

  Margaret Chase Smith

  Country, Mind, Moral

  NEA Journal: The Journal of the National Education Association‎, Volume 41 (p. 300), 1952.

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

  Helen Keller

  Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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

  Samuel Johnson

  Education, Honesty, Integrity

  'Rasselas' (1759) ch. 41

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• Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Happiness, Loyalty

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.146, Penguin

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• The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

  Raymond Chandler

  Attitude, Integrity, Gentleman

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.150, Univ of California Press

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• Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Relationship

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

  Leon Blum

  Integrity, Choices, May

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• The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

  Margaret Chase Smith

  Happiness, Courage, Integrity

  NEA Journal: The Journal of the National Education Association‎, Volume 41 (p. 300), 1952.

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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

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• In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Education

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• Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Leadership, Integrity, Character

  Lewis H. Lapham (1985). “High Technology and Human Freedom”

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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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