Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

The just man walks in his integrity

If I have one wish which is greater than another, it is, if I had the power, to make men do right; to make them stop their swearing, their lying, their deceiving, to stop trying to injure the innocent, and begin to be honest and upright in all their dealings with one another and honor the name of the Deity.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

Integrity means having the courage to do what is right, and what is aligned with your values, no matter the situation.

Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.

Integrity is what you do when no one is watching; its doing the right thing all the time, even when it may work to your disadvantage.

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.

Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.