Quotes on Integrity Character

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

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.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

The key is to listen to your heart and let it carry you in the direction of your dreams. I've learned that it's possible to set your sights high and achieve your dreams and do it with integrity, character, and love. And each day that you're moving toward your dreams without compromising who you are, you're winning.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

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.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.