“I'm not referring to an up-and-coming comedian. I am referring to the host of The Profit. He invests his own money into small businesses that need to be turned around. He becomes partners in them. And I love the way he does business, and I love his integrity, and I love where his head's at, and I love what he has to say, and I learn from him.” WayNeedsDoeIntegrityProfitPartnersComedianHostSmall BusinessReferring Author:June Diane Raphael
“I have the integrity of a teenager and that's never going to be stolen from me. I'm the original virgin.” IntegrityOriginalsTeenagerVirginsStolen Author:John Lydon
“Men really respect a woman who's in their power and who isn't afraid just to speak up. I feel that it's something to practice. When you hold yourself with integrity, they respond real well.” MenFeelsWellsRealSpeakPracticeIntegrityRespect Women Author:Emmanuelle Chriqui
“When I look at what a writer owes to the reader, it's critical to know that everything you're writing about is not made up in your head. I feel that unless you can document and be certain about what it is that you're writing about, the reader is going to lose faith in your own integrity.” KnowsFeelsWritingLooksMadeCertainLosesReaderIntegrityCriticalDocuments Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“I've always been so interested in personal history. I'm very fascinated by my parents' and my grandparents' generations. I seem to think that they had a resilience and an integrity that may be somewhat deficient in my own generation, and in subsequent generations as well, because America has been rather easy to live in since the Depression.” ThinkingWellsMayHas BeensSeemsAmericaEasyParentMy OwnGenerationsIntegrityResilienceFascinatedGrandparentPersonal History Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I'm an old man, and I want to lay out what I think I understand. With poems like "Traitor," I'm examining my feelings, my convictions, my understanding of the world, and testing whether they're really true. So that when you hang your holster up, you can make a judgment on whether you have any integrity at all. That's what I care about. That's why I wrote it. If I can't write that poem, then I've got it wrong somehow.” ThinkingMenWorldWritingFeelingsCareUnderstandingIntegrityJudgmentConvictionOld ManI CareTraitorReally True Author:Dan Burt
“Sometimes I'm surprised when someone who has achieved success is incredibly Machiavellian in their manipulations. So, while I want to believe it's integrity, that might just show how naïve I am. I sometimes worry that I might not be shrewd enough to maneuver myself through the Hollywood system.” BelieveSometimesEnoughWorryIntegrityManipulation Author:Nia Vardalos
“For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind - that I'm able to talk to people about the music I've written. I always felt like there was something there because you don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically. I don't mess with that. It's more about just music and trying to keep the integrity, I guess.” PeopleTryingMindReasonIntegrityBlowMess Author:Aaron Bruno
“My father's definitely old-school. And he raised me with integrity - to be places on time, show up, and work hard.” Hard WorkIntegrity Author:Scott Eastwood
“I can't speak for everybody, but sometimes, people get in this showbiz game and they get the money, but then they forget why they got in the game in the first place. I don't even look at it as fame, I just look at it as me being me, and me going out here everyday and being productive, because I am the product, and I'm selling myself. I'm selling my ambition and my integrity and my adversity, and I'd just like to be that.” PeopleSometimesSpeakForgetIntegrityFameAmbitionAdversityEverydaySellingProductiveBeing MeMy AmbitionShowbiz Author:Young Jeezy
“The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no sense of intellectual integrity.” IntegrityRepublicanIntellectualArgumentShameVariousEmbarrassment Author:Jay Rockefeller
“It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and it's very different now. When you make it as pop and as soft as it is, it lacks its integrity. It lacks its accountability. It lacks a lot of other things that came from that dangerous time in hip hop.” DifferentDangerousIntegrityHip HopRapAccountabilityParadoxBeing Popular Author:Ice T
“Writing, for me, has to do with liberty of mind. The liberty to intuit, assess, be surprised, even to be ashamed and reconsider. To feel the integrity and generosity of words, but also their disruptive violence and volatility. To even begin to do them justice requires a radical letting go and stringent attention. I was interested in following that impulse toward liberty.” WritingMindJusticeAttentionLibertyViolenceIntegrityLetting GoRadicalGenerosityImpulseAshamed Author:Laurie Sheck
“Images work on so many different levels. As a writer you feel them, try not to get in their way or narrow them down to anything other or less complex. A writer is a curator of sorts - once you've brought the images together you try to stand at a respectful distance and let them speak for themselves. Try not to mess with their ambiguities and contradictions. They are what they are, irreducible. This is their integrity.” TryingDifferentTogetherSpeakIntegrityDistanceMessContradictionAmbiguityRespectful Author:Laurie Sheck
“People are sometimes having trouble deciphering what is true, and what is journalism with integrity, and what is not. It is incumbent upon us to, if anything, explain our process, and make sure that people understand the lengths that we go to bring objective truth-telling to the air, and to bring a wide variety of perspectives and the choices we make in how we cover the news. I think we could do a little bit of a better job doing that.” PeopleThinkingSometimesChoicesTroublePerspectiveIntegrityJournalismVariety Author:Rachel Martin
“If possible, to be in a position to announce who is going to step in as the interim immediately. And if possible, to announce who you're going to nominate to replace that person. For that to be somebody of impeccable integrity and reputation disarms a lot of the worst criticism that it's some kind of a power play. It's a professional approach to replacing a senior official, which is always going to get a lot of attention.” KindAttentionWorstIntegrityCriticismReputationSenior Author:Robert M. Gates
“Donald Trump's biggest lie is about the election itself, the integrity of the election. He is alleging a massive conspiracy, thereby creating a massive challenge for the news media.” LyingChallengesIntegrityElectionConspiracy Author:Brian Stelter
“There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.” EnoughBlackIntegrityNegativeStereotypeBlack Women Author:Octavia Spencer
“It's weird doing a show on a Saturday, because we get the news after everybody had their way with it. We still have to find a way to get something fresh out of the story, but also keep the integrity of it. A lot of times the obvious take is so obvious it's already been on Twitter, so we gotta find a new thing.” IntegrityObviousSaturday Author:Michael Che
“It was about bringing integrity to everything I would do, no matter how small or large the part was. With every audition, I would bring that integrity, so if I didn't get the part it didn't matter to me, because I did the best job I could possibly do. I always walked away feeling like I accomplished something real, no matter what.” RealFeelingsIntegrityAccomplished Author:Alex Meneses
“As soon as one bad actor like China massively cheats, they win at the expense of us; they win at the expense of Europe and over time it threatens the entire integrity of the global financial system and the global trading system.” WinningIntegrityFinancialCheatTrading Author:Peter Navarro
“Executive presence has to do with the whole of the person. It's much more than presentation skill, charisma or savvy. It shows up in three dimensions of the leader's persona - character, substance and style. It's now clear that for a leader to influence and make an impact, it is important for them to also develop qualities such as authenticity, integrity, resonance, practical wisdom, and vision.” ImportantCharacterQualityLeaderVisionInfluenceStyleIntegrityAuthenticityPersonaCharismaSavvy Author:Suzanne Bates
“While pursuing those relations with Russia, which are important - Russia is an important country - it is also important to stand by your friends and allies in Europe, defend your treaty commitment to NATO allies, stand by the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. It's not whether we pursue relations with Russia when we need to, but what we're willing to give them in order to have that very, very good relationship that Donald Trump seems to be talking about.” GivingImportantCountryIntegrityCommitmentRelationVery GoodSovereigntyNatoGood Relationship Author:Philip Gordon
“In the long run, you have to have patience and integrity and a plan. You can't compromise your vision. I'm a bit of a control freak, brutal when it comes to my art because I believe it's the best way of doing it, for me. My stubbornness has given us the chance to play in some amazing places that most people never would have been allowed to play in. If I don't put a value on my work, then nobody else is going to.” PeopleBelieveLongArtRunningValuesI BelieveChanceVisionIntegrityArt IsCompromiseFreakBrutalStubbornnessHaving PatienceControl Freak Author:Einar Selvik
“It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.” InterestIntegrityProductivityInitiativeAmazedHuman Potential Author:Wole Soyinka
“It's the Democrat Party that is destroying the integrity of the American electoral system. It's not Vladimir Putin. It's not Dmitry Medvedev. It's the Democrat Party, which has sought to destroy the integrity of the American electoral system, all because they're a bunch of spoilsports who lost the election.” PartyIntegrityElectionDemocrat Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Gary Tuchman, he can't believe it! He's from the New York-Washington axis, New York-Washington corridor. He's from CNN. The only liar here is Donald Trump. James Comey is the Second Coming right now. Comey is an angel. Comey is the savior. Comey is the individual of mass integrity that's gonna destroy this pig, Donald Trump.” BelieveIndividualIntegrityAngelLiarsSaviorGary Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We all have one other world we live in: our public world. Some people call it our public persona. This is the world where someone who doesn't know you privately, personally, or professionally hears your name and has some opinion about you one way or another. So the question becomes: where is integrity rooted? Some people think it's rooted in their public life. They spend all of their time trying to spin their public image. It's not rooted there, however. It's simply revealed there. People who lack integrity will have it revealed publicly.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingOpinionIntegrityPersona Author:O. S. Hawkins
“As we look at the chapters of Daniel, we recognize that the words of Daniel 1:21 ring true today: "Thus Daniel continued...." Daniel continued through a culture unlike his own; one that lost its way. Today, you and I are living in a culture that's losing its way. It's good to know that just as in Daniel's day, God is looking for men and women of integrity to help confront in love a culture that's losing its way and to point it back to him.” MenHelpingTodayCultureIntegrityLosingMen And WomenRings Author:O. S. Hawkins
“The suggestion that I participated in any collusion, that I was aware of any collusion with the Russian government to hurt my country, which I have served with honor for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process, is an appalling and detestable lie.” CountryLyingHurtHonorIntegrityDemocratic Author:Jeff Sessions
“Robert Mueller himself has perhaps the best and the cleanest reputation in all of official Washington. He is Mr. Integrity. He is Mr. Cultured. He is Mr. Mannered. He is Mr. Sophisticated. There isn't a soul in Washington who dares utter nary a negative word about Mueller.” SoulIntegrityNegativeDareReputationSophisticated Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Robert Mueller, as Mr. Honest and as Mr. Sophisticated and as Mr. Integrity, as Mr. Cultured, as Mr. Elite, as Mr. Mannered knows full well there's nothing here, knows that there is no collusion, knows that there is no obstruction of justice, knows that if anybody is working with the Russians, it was not Donald Trump.” JusticeHonestIntegritySophisticated Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a theory that nobody believes. That Robert Mueller is Mr. Honest and Mr. Integrity, has no preconceived notion and is really gonna look to find what happened in White House and whatever he finds is what he's gonna tell us. That's the thing that you would associate with Mr. Integrity, with Mr. Honesty, with Mr. Character, is the last thing anybody thinks is gonna happen.” ThinkingBelieveCharacterHouseHonestHonestyIntegrityPreconceived Notions Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What we're trying to do in conversational intelligence is not only define that trust continuum for people, not only helping them notice, which is so important, what's happening in them and others when distrust lives, but also how to bring people in trust. When they do, what happens, this part of our brain, the prefrontal cortex is loaded with wisdom, integrity, strategy, insights, empathy, foresight. It's beautiful. It's so designed for that, and often it's turned off because people don't have trust with each other.” PeopleTryingImportantHelpingBeautifulBrainIntegrityEmpathyStrategyInsightDistrustForesight Author:Judith E. Glaser
“Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to protect the homeless and family-less from abuse and destitution, fair and equitable distribution of land, integrity in the judicial system, humility, simplicity and morality in the government (as opposed to wealth, women and weapons), etc. etc. If you want that kind of society, you need to be faithful to the living God.” KindWealthJusticePoorCompassionPovertyHumilityMoralityIntegrityProtectAbuseSimplicityFaithfulHomelessRefugeeJudicialBeing Faithful Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ChildrenLittlesCharacterDreamNationsJusticeFourTeachingIdentityColorKingsIntegrityOne DaySpeechDiversityRacismSkinsHuman RightsConservativeEqualitySillyDiscriminationAfrican AmericanHypocrisyBlack PeopleJudgedAmerican DreamDiverseAmerican HistorySentimentalGood CharacterI Had A DreamUnity In DiversityOregonSkin ColorEquality And JusticeBeing EqualHappy ChildrenIntegrity And CharacterIntegrity CharacterEquality Of PeopleEquality For AllI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechAnti RacistKings And LoveBeing JudgedGood KingsSocial EqualityPeaceful ProtestSlave OwnersInjustice And OppressionAnti DiscriminationBlack SkinRacism And PrejudiceDark SkinnedJustice EqualityJudge Of CharacterTolerance And DiversityBrown SkinMarch On WashingtonPolitical EqualityRace And ColorDefects Of CharacterTrue EqualityAfrican RacePreschool Children Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” MenLightChoicesDecisionWalksCreativityDarknessCreativeGreatnessWords Of WisdomWalkingIntegrityCreatingDestructionCharitySelfishEvery ManAfrican AmericanGenerositySelfishnessDestructivePhilanthropyAltruismBe CreativeLight And DarknessBenevolenceEgoismPhilanthropicLight And DarkGive And TakeDarkness To LightGenerosity And KindnessKindness GenerositySelfish PeopleMan Of IntegrityKings And LoveDestructivenessGood KingsDeeds DoneSelfish MenCharity And GenerositySpiritual Darkness Book:Strength to Love Source: Strength to Love
“The time is always right to do what is right.” InspirationalTimeEvilFreedomInspiringBusinessAttitudeResponsibilityOne ThingPositivePositive ThinkingKingsHonorIntegrityBehaviorStandardsEthicsIntelligenceCivil RightsThings To DoRight ThingRighteousnessRighteousAmerican DreamSelf DisciplineBadassBlack HistoryRight PlaceCivil Rights MovementBaptistsDoing The Right ThingGood CharacterPeace And JusticeDoing RightBlack History MonthHonesty IntegrityHonesty And IntegrityBlack History Month InspirationalIntegrity And CharacterHonest And IntegrityIntegrity CharacterHonor And IntegrityAfrican American HistoryPrecious TimeMoral EthicsKings And LoveLeadership IntegrityGood KingsBlack History InspirationalSocial GoodLife DeterminationInspirational CharacterKwanzaaProper TimeEthics And IntegrityLiving RightAfrican American History MonthBlack InspirationalSpiritual IntegrityMoral IntegrityMorals And IntegrityAfrican American Civil RightsTime Is PreciousInspirational HistoryPositive BehaviorRight TimingAlways Being Right Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” LoveBelieveCharacterRealityTruthEvilI BelievePeaceVirtueHonestyKingsWords Of WisdomIntegrityDespairStrongerFinalsWordsDefeatI Believe InGood And EvilUnconditional LoveTemporaryDefeatedUnconditionalCivil Rights MovementPeace WarBeing StrongTriumphantPeace And JusticePure LovePeace And LovePeace JusticeGood Vs EvilUnarmedStrong PeopleGood Against EvilConditionalAccepting RealityUnconditional AcceptanceKings SpeechFinal WordsKings And LoveCivil Right MovementAcceptance SpeechTruth And RealityConditional LoveReality Of LoveStruggle Between Good And Evil Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I have a very low tolerance for animation. I'm used to the perfect integrity you get from drawing your own comics. There's something about that that animation always loses.” PerfectIntegrityToleranceAnimation Author:Daniel Clowes
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.” PeopleCharacterGovernmentActionSilenceGenerationsAcceptanceIntegrityEthicsAngerGood PeopleRepentBad PeopleThis GenerationWords And ActionsEquality And JusticeIll WillIntegrity And CharacterIntegrity CharacterSocial EqualityBad ActionsJustice EqualityInjustice In The WorldDeep Disappointment Book:The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“For a long time, there has been lingering doubt among many Americans about integrity and fairness of elections. And it's not a new issue at all. If you look at polling data, it goes back decades.” LongDoubtIntegrityElectionFairness Author:Kris Kobach
“I think the commercial culture, and also science and technology after all, which gives us greater ease but also makes it harder for us to sit with the small amounts of distress that come just by living itself. It isn't that we're chasing happiness; I think we have the wrong model of happiness. I mean, defined as eudaimonia, defined as a values-based life of integrity and fidelity to yourself and what you most deeply want to stand for, that definition of happiness - man, that's the kind of life I want to live and I think that will support people and sustain people.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingKindMeanCultureTechnologySupportIntegrityFidelityScience And Technology Author:Steven C. Hayes
“For women, I take inspiration from strong women with good aesthetics and integrity, and a little tomboy influence.” InspirationStrongInfluenceIntegrityStrong Women Author:Johan Lindeberg
“The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death. And yes, I know one or two things about fanaticism and death, and I reject them. The alternative to fanaticism and to death is not some miraculous realization that someone has been wrong and he has to apologize. No, the answer to fanaticism and to death is curiosity and compromise and concession.” IntegrityCuriosityCompromiseRealizationApologizingIdealismFanaticism Author:Amos Oz
“I feel like a lot of the stuff coming out right now just feels really inauthentic to me. But apparently, people don't seem to see through it. And this makes me sound bitter, but it's just my perspective. I'm not bitter. I just feel like there's a lot of stuff that doesn't feel like it's coming from a place of any sort of integrity. It just doesn't feel like it's coming from the heart, basically. It just feels like it's being produced because people know it's a formula that will work, or it's easily digestible and fun to look at.” PeopleHeartFunPerspectiveIntegrityBitter Author:Ed Droste
“Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform. So the temptations of social media lead to some dissonance.” ThinkingHard WorkInternetIntegritySocial MediaTemptation Author:Zephyr Teachout
“I knew a gentleman that I had worked with over the years, who is no longer with us, and was a great influence in my life named Cachao - a Cuban musician, composer, arranger, and creator of the Mambo. The integrity of the journey is what's important - how you conduct yourself in the process. That's what Cachao was always about. He had great integrity, great dignity, was very humble, and dedicated to his art.” ArtImportantJourneyInfluenceIntegrityMusicianDignityHumbleGentlemanDedicatedComposerCuban Author:Andy Garcia
“I just want to keep having the courage to raise the bar for myself, and to keep striving for excellence in artistic integrity and public service. And to continue to challenge myself to move outside of my comfort zone, personally and professionally.” MovingChallengesIntegrityComfortExcellenceStriveArtisticZoneComfort ZonePublic Service Author:Kerry Washington
“Blind audition format is what make our show unique and gives it so much more integrity. After all, the show is called The Voice. It's about vocals, and you have to stand out to get the attention of these four, Grammy-winning superstars who have an amazing ear and know what they're talking about. They rely on their ear as well as the reaction of fans in the audience to figure out whether that contestant is worth pressing that red button for. It's a great concept which keeps everybody on the edge of their seat.” GivingAttentionAudienceIntegrityUniqueBlindRelyStanding OutSuperstar Author:Christina Milian