#grit

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#be-yourself #integrity #self-reliance #self-respect #respect

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#misattributed-to-j-k-rowling #equality

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #identity

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#inspirational #integrity #nobility #inspirational

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#dreams #guts #integrity #know #people

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#being #both #explore #freedom #human

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#children #fairness #integrity #live #think

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me. ↗

— Bradley Chicho

#climb #echoing #feel #grit #heights

My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#brought #did #either #father #his

The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind. ↗

— Li Ka Shing

#beloved country #confined #country #dedication #factors