Integrity is one of the most important characteristics of a great leader. Without integrity, you lose trust. And when you’ve lost trust, respect usually follows suit. It can be a hard line to walk at times, but it’s even more difficult to re-establish your footing after you fall.
Having integrity means not only knowing, but always doing what’s right – even when no one’s looking. As you continue down the never-ending, constantly changing path toward becoming a great leader, keep these words from some of history’s greatest leaders and thinkers in mind as a source of inspiration and motivation.
“Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”
– Will Rogers
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
– Albert Einstein
“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity.”
– Tom Peters
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.”
– Aristotle
“Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”
– Mark Twain
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
– Thomas Paine
“The truth is more important than the facts.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
“Always vote for a principal, though you vote alone, and you may cherish the sweet reflection that your vote is never lost.”
– John Quincy Adams
How does a commitment to integrity help make your business stronger? Tell us about it in the comments section below.
Credibility matters: ‘Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters’. I think it is what makes or mars a business. Thanks for sharing wisdom through these lovely quotes, they all are insightful 🙂
Nice collection,
“Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.”
Thank you,
he who jokes with d truth in small matters cannot be trusted with d truth in real matters