Quotes about Integrity
If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
— Henry David Thoreau
I too had woven a kind of basket of a delicate texture, but I had not made it worth anyone's while to buy them. Yet not the less, in my case, did I think it worth my while to weave them, and instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my baskets, I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them.
— Henry David Thoreau
Be true to your work, your word, and you're friend.
— Henry David Thoreau
Is there not a sort of blood shed when the conscience is wounded? Through this wound a man's real manhood and immortality flow out, and he bleeds to an everlasting death.
— Henry David Thoreau
I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with—the dollar is innocent—but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance.
— Henry David Thoreau
do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, for it is not worth knowing.
— Henry David Thoreau
The philosopher said: "From an army of three divisions one can take away its general, and put it in disorder; from the man the most abject and vulgar one cannot take away his thought.
— Henry David Thoreau
At times emerging leaders limit their future possibilities by their impatience. They look for shortcuts to success, but God is methodical. He typically lays a foundation of character before building a superstructure of leadership.
— Henry Blackaby
Along with every right thing to do is a right way to do it.
— Henry Blackaby
Don't allow others to persuade you to compromise your integrity as you follow God's will.
— Henry Blackaby
If you have a heart for living God's way, you will want to ensure that your life is answerable to him (Ps. 25:4-5).
— Henry Blackaby