Quotes about Integrity
In a 2006 speech then-senator Barack Obama gave to a group of college students, he offered these sage words about success: "Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
— Bishop TD Jakes
told them that you have to earn the right to be heard. People won't just follow you because you say so. They will only follow you when you have endured, developed, grown, and sometimes suffered.
— Bishop TD Jakes
It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Behind every dysfunction you will find dishonor, disloyalty, or at least disorder.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Just because turtles dwell at your feet doesn't mean you should come down from your height and barter with, debate, or eat alongside them.
— Bishop TD Jakes
to weakness if you're fighting the wrong issue or the wrong person, or for the wrong reason.
— Bishop TD Jakes
It takes an awfully good man... to beat no man at all." - Tillie
— Tamera Alexander
Meeting with Ramsey to discuss the details of this case had confirmed something Wyatt had hoped—that he'd have a few hours each morning to help out here. It'd push him, for sure, what with spending late night hours scouting one gambling house to the next. But considering the woman in front of him, she was worth it. He wanted to make a difference in her life and prove to her that not every man would up and leave when things got rough.
— Tamera Alexander
The young man meant for you, Lilly, will not require any tricks or ploys to be played upon him. He will see you, he will grow to know who you are--both the good and the bad--and he will realize he does not wish to live another day of his life without you.
— Tamera Alexander
It's not just how firm a man's handshake is that define him, son. Any fool can have a strong grip. It's the way a man meets your eyes, or doesn't, that tells you who he is. That says whether he's dealing with you honestly or not.
— Tamera Alexander
My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.
— Tana French
Here's a little tip for you. If you don't like being called a murderer, don't kill people.
— Tana French