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Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.
Sep 19, 2025
When all the scaffolding is removed it is our integrity that both defines us and identifies us. Men of integrity are like the Rock of Gibraltar - steadfast and immovable; men without it are like the shifting sands on the Sahara Desert - tossed to and fro by every variant wind of life.
Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one’s consciousness can permit the faking of existence.
If you want to take the meaning of the word integrity and reduce it to its simplest terms, you'd conclude that a man of integrity is a promise keeper. When he gives you his word. You can take it to the bank. His word is good.
A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.
You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.
Honor your commitments with integrity.
A man should be upright, not kept upright.
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
Ho said, 'I do not grieve because my feet have been cut off. I grieve because a precious jewel is dubbed a mere stone, and a man of integrity is called a deceiver. This is why I weep.'
If an uncompromising stand is to be smeared as 'extremism,' then that smear is directed at any devotion to values, any loyalty to principles, any profound conviction, any consistency, any steadfastness, any passion, any dedication to an unbreached, inviolate truth -- any man of integrity.
You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity.
Mr. Anwar is a respected colleague and a man of integrity, who in his capacity as finance minister showed strong dedication to enhancing the financial well-being of the Malaysian people.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
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.
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
The holy man was the whole man, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
Good men sometimes make mistakes. A man of integrity will honestly face and correct his mistakes, and that is an example we can respect. Sometimes men try but fail. Not all worthy objectives are realized despite one’s honest and best efforts. True manhood is not always measured by the fruits of one’s labors but by the labors themselves–by one’s striving.
Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.
I know Eric Engerbretson to be a man of integrity who is firmly committed to the artful balance of music and ministry.
My standards are so high because of who I serve but it doesn't put any water on my fire for winning. I'm still an intense person. You can be intense and saved. You can compete and still be saved. You can challenge a guy and still be saved. There was nothing soft about me as a player and there isn't anything soft about me as a coach. You want to be a man of integrity and you want the players to know that you care about them. Whether or not they still like you or not is a whole other deal.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure, in whatever office we hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage... Second, were we truly men of judgment... Third, were we truly men of integrity... Finally, were we truly men of dedication?-
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.
Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man.
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.