Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
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.
A little integrity is better than any career.
The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.
Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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