#grit

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#conscience

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#talent

The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones. ↗

— Cheryl Hughes

#honesty #integrity #lying #trust #cheating

The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become. ↗

— Juan Mascaró

#compassion #integrity #religion #love

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-actualization #self-determination #determination

If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#honour #integrity #mind #social-norms #truth

Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny. ↗

— Heraclitus

#integrity #behavior

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#honesty #integrity #morality #truth #morals

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. ↗

— John Milton

#integrity #patience #suffering #wisdom #integrity

Be good to your work, your word, and your friend. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#integrity #integrity