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“If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American civil rights leader “In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless... Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.” —Ayn Rand (1905-1982), author, philosopher “"life is a white canvas, so many possibilities"” —Anonymous, famous quotes “Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.” —Welsh Proverb “Work is love made visible.” —Khalil Gibran (1883– 1931), artist, poet, and writer “With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. ” —Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), lawyer, politician, first Governor-General of Pakistan “Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thoughts in clear form.`” —Albert Einstein (1875-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), writer, lexicographer “There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), writer, lexicographer “Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.” —H. Jackson Brown, Jr., famous quotes on children “Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.” —Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), author, educator, clergyman “Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.” —J. C. Watts (b. 1957), U.S. Congressman “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), philosopher, poet, essayist “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” —Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968), US.. Attorney General “It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.” —Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899), orator, attorney, politician “The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.” —Zig Ziglar (b. 1926), motivational author, speaker “I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.” —Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), philosopher, author, naturalist “You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.” —Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990), publisher “Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.” —Albert Einstein (1875-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner “The most important human endeavor is striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.” —Albert Einstein (1875-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th U.S. President “Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience.” —Baron Guy de Rothschild “Well done is better than well said.” —Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American public official, writer, scientist “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” —Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), neurologist, psychotherapist “We must become the change we want to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian political and spiritual leader “Integrity has no need of rules.” —Albert Camus (1913-1960), author, playwright, philosopher
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