#grit

Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important. ↗

— Alan Sakowitz

#character #community #family #financial-thriller #inspirational

[A]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first to the sacred garments and monastic profession before thou gavest thyself to God. And for that in this one thing thou shouldst have had little trust in me I vehemently grieved and was ashamed. For I (God [knows]) would without hesitation precede or follow thee to the Vulcanian fires according to thy word. For not with me was my heart, but with thee. But now, more than ever, if it be not with thee, it is nowhere. For without thee it cannot anywhere exist. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#celibacy #convent #dignity #following #grief

I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves. ↗

— Clarence Day

#integrity #love #love

Speak your truth with grace and integrity, even though it might upset some people. You never know who else, besides yourself, it might help. ↗

— Leila Summers

#integrity #inspirational

Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood. ↗

— Charles Dodd White

#grit-lit #men

When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true. ↗

— Cheryl Hughes

#integrity #lying #trust

When we live our life as if it is an open book, we are free in body, mind, and spirit and allow anyone to read from our pages. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honor #inspirational-quotes #integrity #joy #love

We must hide our integrity, like we hide our love. ↗

— UR Ananthamurthy

#integrity #love

We have no relationship without honesty. - by Claude ↗

— Emily Giffin

#honesty-love #love-and-relationships #love