If you don't have integrity, you have nothing.
You can't buy it.
You can have all the money in the world,
but if you are not a moral and ethical person,
you really have nothing.
- Henry Kravis
Integrity is living the truth you know.
- Rinaldo S. Brutoco
Have the courage to say no.
Have the courage to face the truth.
Do the right thing because it is right.
These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
- W. Clement Stone
If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely.
It is absolutely touch and go.
Each one of us could make the difference.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Take responsibility for your whole life -
regardless of circumstances.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Live with Integrity
Your Words
Who You Are
Your Promises
We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.
- Harvey Milk
Further reading:
The Freedom of Others
No Need to Conform
Uncharted Territory
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible,
then they seem improbable, and then,
when we summon the will,
they soon become inevitable.
- Christopher Reeve
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations.
For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
- Henry David Thoreau
We come this way but once.
We can either tiptoe through life
and hope we get to death without being badly bruised
or we can live a full, complete life achieving
our goals and realizing our wildest dreams.
- Bob Proctor
Winners Dream Big Dreams.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Hold Fast to Your Dreams
Boldly Sail the Storms of Life
Don’t Quit
What You Become
When a person doesn't have gratitude,
something is missing in his or her humanity.
A person can almost be defined by
his or her attitude toward gratitude.
- Elie Wiesel
An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns,
but never looking up to see where they come from.
- Timothy Dexter
Gratitude and greed are directly opposite states of human existence.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Humility: a Prime Virtue
Gleaning
Gratitude for the Journey
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa
I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian proverb
Do your little bit of good where you are;
it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
- Desmond Tutu
Let today be a day of acceptance, compassion, and understanding.
Let us feel our bond of humanity with each of our planet's six billion souls.
Put aside color, geography, wealth, education, political and religious beliefs,
and feel the throb of each human heart in your heart.
Never let your compassionate connection with all creation
be limited by your politics, your language, or your traditions.
Know that Spirit transcends all cultural differences and embraces all creation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today's Affirmation:
I choose acceptance and compassion toward all humanity.
Further reading:
Feed Just One
The Good Samaritan
How Helping Others Helps You
The Dog Who Came to Dinner (an old parable retold)
