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NOTABLE QUOTES #5 : INTEGRITY

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
‘In the end, you should always do the right thing even if it’s hard.’-Nicholas Sparks
‘’Don’t pretend. You are not a leader because you know everything. Omniscience is not a prerequisite. But confidence is. Express your uncertainty with confidence. When you do, you will instill confidence in those you have chosen to follow.’- Andy Stanley
‘The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.’-Confucius
‘Once you have determined what you want to be, tell somebody. Go public with your intentions…Character is personal but it is not private. Everybody who knows you has an opinion about the kind of person you are. You might as well let them know the kind of person you are striving to become.’- Andy Stanley
‘If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing. You can’t buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.’- Henry Kravis
‘To give real service, you have to add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.’- Douglas Adams
‘Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.’- John D. MacDonald
‘Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.’- Albert Einstein
 ‘A life lived with integrity- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.’- Denis Waitley
‘Leading with character is not about doing the right thing to avoid consequences. Leaders worth following do the right thing because it is the right thing. Virtue is not a means to an end. It is the end.’- Andy Stanley

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