Integrity
Nov 9th, 2007 Posted in Virtue | no comment »“Find what’s right, and do it loudly.” (Orrick)
1. The quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards
2. The state of being complete or undivided
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe. - Thomas Paine
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King, Jr
I learned that falsifying this one fact about my life made me feel phony, ridiculous, complicit, and, worst of all, undermined by my own hand. - Gloria Steinem
These quotes are all correct, and insightful, but the balance of my opinions I have shamelessly purloined from Dr. Stephen L. Carter, author of the book Integrity. If you do not own a copy of this book, buy it, read it, and read it every year until you shuffle off this mortal coil – I cannot recommend it enough. Read the rest of this entry »
