Integrity, like humility, is a quality which vanishes the moment we are conscious of it in ourselves. We see it only in others.
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.
This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.
Integrity pays, but not in cash.
We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.
It is far more important the law should be administered with absolute integrity, than that in this case or in that the law should be a good law or a bad one.
You must achieve the confidence of knowing that you possess absolute, unbending, unimpeachable integrity. Everyone must know that. Above all else, it is integrity that defines your character.
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.
If a character is going to end up one way, you start them a certain way. If they're gonna end up the polar opposite of that, you might start them differently to have dramatic integrity to their journey.
Tyndall,. . . I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal Society desires to confer upon me, I would not answer for the integrity of my intellect for a single year.
I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to protect the homeless and family-less from abuse and destitution, fair and equitable distribution of land, integrity in the judicial system, humility, simplicity and morality in the government (as opposed to wealth, women and weapons), etc. etc. If you want that kind of society, you need to be faithful to the living God.
All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.
Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?
We are aware that the order of God requires the exercise of humility, but not of servility of slaves; but a humility that can be associated with undoubted courage and unflinching integrity; at the same time there is no room for pride, self-sufficient pride, that rests solely upon its own capabilities, and refuses to look for the support and countenance of others. --MS 7:91 [MS is the Millenial Star]
The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.
Honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast.
I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.
I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time.