Integrity Quotes

"I believe the soul of this nation is defined by the people who choose to stand, to stand up to the abuse of power, to stand up for the least among us, to stand up for those who would break the country to get rich or get elected" "Compassion is the basis of morality." "You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right." "Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen" "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" "To be great, be whole; exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you. Be whole in everything. Put all you are into the smallest thing you do." "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." "The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." "The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience." "My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition there" "There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth" "The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water" "Cowardice is the most terrible of vices." "Being called honorable is a wonderful compliment" "It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching." "The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity" "Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness" "Character is destiny" "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth" "The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."