112 Best Integrity Quotes

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Success Value Integrity purpose

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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Truth Honesty Integrity Deception

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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Character Reputation Integrity Essence

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Integrity Truth Principle Honor

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. – Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Courage Virtue Integrity Action

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Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt Confidence Honesty Honor obligation Integrity

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We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. – Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter choices Morality Courage Integrity

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Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free. – Valerie

V for Vendetta Integrity Freedom identity sacrifice

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I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragile and it's the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it, or sell it, or give it away. We must never let them take it from us. – Valerie

V for Vendetta Integrity Soul Freedom Humanity

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The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based! – Captain Picard

Star Trek Truth duty Integrity Principle

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

To Kill a Mockingbird Conscience Integrity Morality

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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. – Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird Courage Integrity Perseverance

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It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. – Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird Integrity Character Resilience

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Well, in my book, he died a much richer man than you'll ever be! – Bert the Cop

It's a Wonderful Life Integrity Wealth Character Respect

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I'm not a football player. I'm a football coach. – Coach Yoast

Remember the Titans identity Coaching Integrity

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This is my team. They can look however they want. – Coach Yoast

Remember the Titans Loyalty Teamwork Integrity

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That's a piecrust promise. Easily made, easily broken. – Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins promises Integrity Disappointment Wisdom

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Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye and say, 'No, you move'. – Steve Rogers

Captain America: Civil War Captain America conviction Integrity standing firm

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I'm not going to suck up to you anymore. – Phil Connors

Groundhog Day Honesty Authenticity Change Integrity

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You break the rules, you sit. We break the rules, we sit. That's the way it works. – Coach Carter

Coach Carter Accountability Fairness Rules Integrity

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Son, a man's got to have a code, a creed to live by. – Coach Carter

Coach Carter Principles Integrity code of conduct manhood

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You promised me you would get a 2.3. Did you keep your word? – Coach Carter

Coach Carter promises Integrity Accountability Honor

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Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Integrity Criticism conviction Authenticity

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It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Leadership Fairness Integrity Example

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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Philosophy Action choices Integrity

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When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt Courage conviction Integrity Principle

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Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt conviction Integrity Respect Diligence

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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Decision-Making Action Integrity indecision

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Be as you wish to seem. – Socrates

Socrates Authenticity Integrity Action Character self

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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. – Socrates

Socrates Honor Integrity Authenticity Virtue Action

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The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be. – Socrates

Socrates Honor Integrity Authenticity Virtue Consistency

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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Action Virtue Character Integrity Example

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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. – Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius revenge Virtue Character Response Integrity

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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. – Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Life Integrity sanity majority Individuality

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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. – Malcolm X

Malcolm X Principles conviction Integrity Strength

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Conscience is a man's compass. – Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh Conscience Morality guidance Integrity

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Honesty is the best policy. – Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Honesty Integrity policy Virtue

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

Oprah Winfrey Integrity Character Ethics Morality

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When they go low, we go high. – Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Integrity Character Response Dignity

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One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. – Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Authenticity Goals Focus Integrity

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I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own. – Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Values beliefs Integrity self-expectation

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We need to live our lives in a way that signals to the world that we are a people of compassion, of integrity, of generosity. – Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Compassion Integrity Generosity Humanity

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My own personal philosophy on leadership is to be a good human being and to treat people with respect. – Tim Cook

Tim Cook Leadership Respect Humanity Integrity

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I don’t think about legacy. I think about doing the right thing. – Tim Cook

Tim Cook Legacy Integrity Action Ethics

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We have to speak truth, even when it is uncomfortable. – Kamala Harris