Avenues to Integrity

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Integrity Quotes for College Students *

* While the quotes are selected with college students in mind, everyone can pick up something from them.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American essayist, naturalist, poet
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
- George Washington Carver, circa 1864-1943, American agricultural scientist
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, Third U S President, architect and author
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
- John Locke, 1632-1704, British Philosopher and Political Theorist
The truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1815-1902, American women's rights activist
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
- Janet Erskine Stuart, 1857-1914, Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.
- E H. Chapin, 1814-1880, American clergyman
Failure is an event - never a person.
- Unknown
You're the only one who will really know whether you made the effort to do the best of what you are capable.
- John Wooden, Born 1910, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, UCLA
My personal philosophy is quite simple. I am responsible for me and must oversee with great sensitivity the impact of what I say and/or do on others.
- Barbara Jordan, 1936-1996, US Senator form Texas
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, The third US President, architect and author
Lose sight of the shore, but never the inner course.
- Unknown
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.
- Florence Nightingale, 1820-1901, English founder of modern nursing
There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.
- Samuel Coleridge, 1722-1834, English essayist, critic, poet and philosopher
I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?
- Henry Moore, 1898-1996, English Artist and Sculptor
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1803-1873, English novelist, politician
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American naturalist, philosopher
Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.
- Hsi-Tang, 735-814, Zen master Hsi Tang Chih Tsang (Source International Zen)
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
- Groucho Marx, 1890-1977, American comedian and film star
Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.
- Demosthenes, 384B.C.E.-322B.C.E., Athenian orator, statesman
So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
- Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German Philosopher
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
- Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English lexicographer, essayist, poet
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, Third President of the United States, architect and author
Precision of communication is more important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
- James Thurber, 1894-1961, American essayist, short-story writer, humorist, cartoonist
A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
- Queen Elizabeth I of England, 1533-1603

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PARENTS: Here is an Unique Opportunity to Help Your Students: Your student has charted a course for success, but still needs a partner to get there. You are that partner, and here's another way you can help!
ATS: Avenues to Success Notes: The purpose of this blog is to give customers some additional information about Avenues to Success. It also has links for additional information about the authors of the quotes.

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Avenues to Success Notes: Subscribe Today: Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice.
The Ivy Files: A blog for high school students and twenty-somethings navigating life, work, and school.
How to Succeed in School and College: How do you want to spend your life? Do you want to spend it having the things you want and doing the things you enjoy?A good education can help you to have what you want throughout the rest of your life. Flunking your education, on the other hand, could mean that you spend your life in dead-end jobs.
Plagiarism: The integrity killer: She never got caught. Kudos to the young lady for performing so well in a graduate-level course. But unfortunately, the outcome for the intended student is totally lost in the scheme. College is intended to be difficult for a reason. ...
Award Winning Essays on Integrity: Post demonstrates the importance of integrity in life by presenting the essays of the Cohen Scholars at The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law - Indian Legal Program of Arizona State University.
Ethics Forum: Integrity: No Excuses: "Virtue Ethics focuses on integrity, yet integrity isn't always easy to define. Integrity may be assessed in terms of following an ethical code, adhering to traditional morality, or in reference to consequences. The underlying questions in determining integrity are what motivates the actor, or what are the actor's intentions. Motivations and intentions spring from character, so character and integrity can never be separated."

Remarks on Integrity from Commencement Speeches

Below are quotes by speakers at graduation ceremonies. I'm including high school and college selections. The links are to the source of the quote.

Loyola Marymount University - May 10, 2008: Your LMU (education and experience has challenged you to become men and women for and with others. I invite you to continue serving those most in need wherever you may go with the integrity and concern that offers another the freedom to advance one's self to grow and become fully alive.
Sister Margaret "Peg" Mary Dolan, Religious of the Sacred Heart - who retired in 2006 after serving Loyola Marymount University 33 years as resident chaplain and 21 years as director of Campus Ministry

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