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 honest portrayal of your past may be the courage for another's future.

Max Lucado

 

“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.”

Thomas Jefferson

 

“There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think, you're called cocky or conceited.

But if you have an objective in life, you shouldn't be afraid to stand up and say it.

In the second grade, they asked us what we wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a ball player and they laughed.

In the eighth grade, they asked the same question, and I said a ball player and they laughed a little more. By the eleventh grade, no one was laughing.”

Johnny Bench