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- The Avenues to Integrity
- Definitions of Integrity
- Other Sites you may want to visit
- Remarks on Integrity from Commencement Speeches
- Great success starts with
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- Quotes by People on Stamps
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The Avenues to Integrity
Integrity Quotes for College Students *
Here are 25 of the latest Integrity Avenues. To see more quotes about integrity, click on to Avenues to Success Notes and select Quotes: Integrity in the Categories listing in the sidebar.
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With virtue you cannot be entirely poor. . .
Without it you cannot be really rich.
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One word of truth outweighs the whole world.
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1918-2008, Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian
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One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
- African Proverb
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The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
- Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008, British science fiction writer
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Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.
- Michael Josephson, Born 1942, American speaker and lecturer on the subject of ethics
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
- La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French moralist, writer
Image's source, The Master of Eloquent Melancholy
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Integrety is not a 90 percent thing, a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't.- Peter Scotese, Born 1920, American textile industry executive
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I am a big believer in the "mirror test." All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that you've done your best.
- John McKay, 1923-2001, Head coach of the USC Trojans from 1960 to 1975, and of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to 1984.
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Let no sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou hast thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone, which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
- Pythagoras, B.C. 582-507, Greek philosopher, mathematician
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The longer is the excuse...
the less likely it's the truth.
- Robert Half, American Businessman, Founder of Robert Half Associates -
Truth is so rare it's delightful to tell it.
- Emily Dickinson, 1830-1866, American poet
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I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.
- Mother Jones, 1837-1930, Born Mary Harris, American labor organizer
Mother Jones Portrait about 1902
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It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
- Arthur Calwell,1886-1973, Australian politician
Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896 - 1973), by P. I. King, 1940s,
courtesy of National Library of Australia.
Image source: Bio at Austrialian Dictionary of Biography
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
- Phillip James Bailey, 1816-1902, English poet
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- Pogo in Walt Kelly's panel for the Earthday, 1971
Walt Kelly, 1913-1973, American animator and cartoonist
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It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
- Peter Drucker, 1909-2005, American author, management consultant, professor
Image source: Beal City Public Schools, Michigan
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A liar needs a good memory.
- Quintillian, ca. 35 - ca. 100, Roman rhetorician from Hispania
Quintilian's statue in Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain
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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, Born 1928, Hong Kong citizenship, Asia's richest man and philanthropist
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When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out.
- Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, Prussian ChancellorImage source: History Archive, Social Security Administration
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I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
- George Washington, 1732-1799, First president of the U.S., general
Photo by beyondjustice in Photobucket.com
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Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul.
- Maxim Gorky, 1868-1936, Russian author
"Glacial World"
(Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon)
by Marc Adamus, Unforgettable Wilderness Photography
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Freedom is the right to be wrong,
not the right to do wrong.
- John G. Riefenbaker, 1895-1979, Canadian Prime Minister 1957-1963
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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1821-1881, Russian novelist
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
- Faith Baldwin, 1893-1978, American novelist
Image source: Post in whatsonxiamen.com - China's unusual phenomenon: buildings torn down unnaturally
Definitions of Integrity
Honor: Definition from Merriam-Webster On-Line Dictionary
1) firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values
Integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.
Integrety means we are committed to matching words, feelings, thoughts, and actions so that we live with congruence and without duplicity.
- Blaine Lee
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- The Ivy Files
- A blog for high school students and twenty-somethings navigating life, work, and school.
- Revised student dishonesty policy at Miami (Ohio) University
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Amid many changes this year, Miami University is also reforming the Code of Student Conduct. The new student dishonesty policy brings together academic dishonesty and non-academic dishonesty into one category. Before, students were allowed two strikes in each category before the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution could suspend students for a semester.... - 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."
- Ethics 101 - Resume Integrity an Important Matter
- When it comes to your resume, think twice about embellishing your past experiences. Includes a sad story of the implications of lying on the resume.
- Josephson Institute Surveys: Integrity Report - October 2009
- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Josephson Institute of Ethics today released the findings of the first-ever large-scale study of the relationship between high school attitudes and behavior and later adult conduct. The survey found that current age and attitudes about the need to cheat and actual high school cheating are significant predictors of lying and cheating across a wide range of adult situations.
Conclusions of the Report:
Age Matters
Attitude Matters
High School Character Matters
Click on the link to continue reading about the report.
Remarks on Integrity from Commencement Speeches
- 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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Let us know how we are doing. Also, feel free to give us a great quote on integrity for the college student.
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photofk3
Jan 26, 2011 @ 4:57 pm | delete
- Really great work, thanks for collecting those quotes.
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Phillyfreeze69
Oct 29, 2010 @ 1:15 am | delete
- Treat yourself...don't cheat yourself! - HipHop lyric...He that would catch fish...must not mind getting wet! (don't be afraid of taking chances in life.) Excellent lens for any student who would like to build an intellectual foundation on hard work, persistence, and integrity.
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JaguarJulie
May 11, 2010 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- What a marvelous lens this is! Love the subject matter intensely! "Avenues to Integrity" ... I'm thinking integrity should start at home. Integrity is such an integral part of a person's makeup and I hope to always find a high level of integrity there. Integrity really shines through like wearing your soul on your sleeve; rather like a person can wear their heart on their sleeve, but it is really more of a spiritual thingy!
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Apr 9, 2008 @ 6:40 pm | delete
- Hi, Tom. I like what you're doing here. Welcome to Empowerment & Enlightenment. Check out Tips from a Giant Squid for help building great lenses. The link is in all my lensrolls.
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