Integrity a Way of Life
Simple meaning of Integrity is doing the right thing all the
time whether the situation in your favor or not. Integrity is self-motivational
and you need not to hide your emotion, reaction, truth or opinion. You have to
take responsibilities for all your action, always help others in need, respect
everyone, Kind by nature, and above all very reliable in Nature.
Mahatma Gandhi whom we regarded as father of nation, his life
stories were one of the greatest examples of integrity we have seen in modern
times. His one of the Best Quote is “You must be the change you wish to see in
the World”. The Following stories from his Autobiography – “The Story of my Experiment
with Truth” shows us the true example of Integrity: “There is an incident which occurred at the examination
during my first year at the high school and which is worth recording. Mr.
Giles, the educational Inspector, had come on a visit of inspection. He had set
us five words to write as a spelling exercise. One of the words was 'Kettle'. I
had misspelt it. The teacher tried to prompt me with the point of his boot, but
I would not be prompted. It was beyond me to see that he wanted me to copy the
spelling from my neighbour's slate, for I had thought that the teacher was
there to supervise us against copying. The result was that all the boys, except
myself, were found to have spelt every word correctly. Only I had been stupid. The
teacher tried later to bring this stupidity home to me. but without effect. I
never could learn the art of 'copying'. “
Billionaire Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway said
“We look for three things when we hire people. We look for intelligence, we
look for initiative or energy, and we look for integrity. And if they don't
have the latter, the first two will kill you, because if you're going to get
someone without integrity, you want them lazy and dumb”. So, you can say even in
this modern corporate world honesty is still counting as one of best asset you
have.
To win trust of people takes so many years, however it takes
just one moment to lose, so never permit yourself to ever do whatever would
harm your respectability.
Top 10 quotes about Integrity.
- Integrity is doing the right
thing when nobody's watching, and doing as you say you would do.
- Nothing is at last sacred but
the integrity of your own mind.
- Integrity is telling myself the
truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
- Integrity is the ability to
stand by an idea.
- There can be no friendship
without confidence, and no confidence without integrity
- Integrity without knowledge is
weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful
- Listen with curiosity. Speak
with honesty. Act with integrity.
- Integrity is making sure that
the things you say and the things you do are in alignment.
- A man is but the product of his
thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.
- Honesty and integrity
are absolutely essential for success in life