James E. Faust Quotes

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compass - then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

In the end, your integrity is all you've got.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

Never compromise yourself.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

My integrity is something I hold dear.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

My honor is dearer to me than my life.

To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.

One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

I speak of honor-your honor to God-your honor to country-your honor to self. I sincerely believe it to be the cure to most of our ills, both on a national or individual basis.

It is worth the while to live respectably unto ourselves. We can possibly get along with a neighbor, even with a bedfellow, whom we respect but very little; but as soon as it comes to this, that we do not respect ourselves, then we do not get along at all, no matter how much money we are paid for halting.

Your Integrity is more important than your immediate Life.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.