Integrity, Truth, Morality

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein

If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
- Alan K. Simpson

Truth never damages a cause that is just.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Never do anything against conscience
even if the state demands it.
- Albert Einstein

Morality is the basis of things
and truth is the substance of all morality.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is essential to tell the truth at all times.
This will reduce life's pain.
- John Bradshaw

Half a truth is often a great lie.
- Benjamin Franklin

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Only good comes from being honest and true.
Only harm and suffering come from falsehood.
It doesn't always feel as if good comes from truth and honesty,
but, in the long run, it does.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: What You Know To Be Right

Social Morality

Ethics Requires Respecting Others

Do Good Now
     

Integrity is Everything

If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
- Alan K. Simpson

Never do anything against conscience
even if the state demands it.
- Albert Einstein

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein

Further reading: Ethics Requires Respecting Others

Social Morality

What You Know Is Right

Do Good Now
     

Integrity Matters

If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
- Alan K. Simpson

You can easily judge the character of others
by how they treat those who can
do nothing for them or to them.
- Malcolm S. Forbes

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink,
but they whose heart is firm,
and whose conscience approves their conduct,
will pursue their principles unto death.
- Thomas Paine

All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill

To be a person of true greatness...
Live with honor.
Respect yourself.
Respect others.
Act honorably.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Setting an Impeccable Example

Ethics Requires Respecting Others

Do Good Now

Earning a Good Reputation
       

Integrity is What Matters

You can easily judge the character of others
by how they treat those who can
do nothing for them or to them.
- Malcolm S. Forbes

If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
- Alan K. Simpson

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never do anything against conscience
even if the state demands it.
- Albert Einstein

Further reading: Ethics Requires Respecting Others

What You Know Is Right

Social Morality

Do Good Now
     

Your Promises

The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves.
The promises we make to ourselves are the ones
that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
- Alan K. Simpson

Do what you love, love what you do,
and deliver more than you promise.
- Harvey McKay

Today's exercise:
Consider how much you do or do not value your promises to yourself.
Do you take such promises seriously? Break them easily?
Make new promises as circumstances change?

Further reading: DO IT

Commitment

The Habit of Making Excuses

Character

Stand Up To Your Obstacles