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Integrity Is Being Faithful to Oneself

  “It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.” Thomas Paine   “An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” Thomas Jefferson   “The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.” E. V. Lucas   “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.” Edward R. Murrow   “You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.”   John Ford   “It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good. Pope Francis   “And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And he or she needs to know what God can do. Your hon...

There Is No Integrity Without Honesty

    “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”_William Faulkner   “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”_Spencer Johnson   “Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” Confucius   “We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.”_Tad Williams   “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”_James E. Faust   “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   ...

Truth and Honesty

    “In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.” Gordon B. Hinckley   “Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.” Robert Breault   “There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.” Arthur Dobrin   “Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.” Robert Breault   “Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.” Robert Breault   “The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.” Anton Chekhov   “The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.” William H...