#grit

He’d lapped at her ankles like a lovesick pup, and she’d been exactly what she was now, a woman born too beautiful and too rich to worry about a small thing like integrity. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#integrity #lovesick #puppy-love #rich #beauty

Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully but as a determination to live decently. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#integrity #morality #courage

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity. ↗

— Sam Wyly

#feel #get #good #good manager #his

To this motive which encourages me is added another which made up my mind: after I have upheld, according to my natural intelligence, the side of truth, no matter what success I have, there is a prize which I cannot fail to win. I will find it in the depths of my heart. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#integrity #truth #art

Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. ↗

— Jane Austen

#duty #feelings #integrity #joy #love

There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy. ↗

— Richard Branson

#business

But pecuniary interest is clearly not in your nature. How quaint. I have written about people who don't care for money, but I never expected to meet one. Therefor I conclude that the difficulty concerns integrity. People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appauling obsession with personal integrity." - Vida Winter ↗

— Diane Setterfield

#integrity #money #business

When you wake up each morning with a burning passion to accomplish a goal, you've already won the day. ↗

— George Alexiou

#change #goals #happiness #humility #inspirational

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. ↗

— Miguel Ruiz

#communication

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#integrity #moral-courage #courage