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Inspirational Quotes About Integrity

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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“Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience.”
Baron Guy de Rothschild
(1909-2007); French Banker, Businessman

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“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882); Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

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“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
Zig Ziglar
(born 1926); Motivational Author, Speaker

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“I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.”
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862); Naturalist, Author, Philosopher

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“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.”
Edward R. Murrow
(1908-1965); American Journalist

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“Integrity is what we say, what we do, and what we say we do.”
Don Galer

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“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Writer

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“Integrity has no need of rules.”
Albert Camus
(1913-1960); Author, Playwright, Philosopher

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“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.”
Henri-Frederic Amiel
(1821-1881); Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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“Theres no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.”
Harland David "Colonel""" Sanders
(1890-1980); Founder Of Kentucky Fried Chicken

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“Power is the ability to do good things for others.”
Brooke Astor
(born 1902); Philanthropist

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“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1709-1784); Poet, Essayist, Lexicographer

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“Commerce and justice are not divorceable notions.”
Jeffrey Swartz
(born 1960); Businessperson

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“You are a master of the words you don't say and a slave to the ones you do.”
Unknown 

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“When what we want to do and what we ought to do are two different things, character is built in the choice we make.”
Bill Bennett
(born 1956); American Businessman And Author

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“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.”
George Washington
(1732-1799); 1st U.S. President

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“Change what you can change and acknowledge and accept what you can’t.”
Rod Williams
Musician

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“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.”
William J.H. Boetcker
(1873-1962); Religious Leader, Influential Public Speaker

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“Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”
Will Rogers
(1879-1935); Actor, Comic, Columnist

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