Act with Honor & Respect Quotes
Choose a Pillar of Greatness
Pick a Type of Insight
“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.”
“Loyalty is not a word, it's a lifestyle.”
“With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.”
“Good actions ennoble us; we are the sons of our own deeds.”
“The world is good natured to people that are good natured.”
“I praise loudly; I blame softly.”
“I’m nice to everybody, I respect other people. If you respect me, I respect you”
“Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are.”
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle that you know nothing about.”
“My true religion is kindness.”
“You can't force respect, but you can inspire it.”
“People tend to associate most with those that they can count on most.”
“The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.”
“The first thing is character before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it. A man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.”
“Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.”
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
“Good intentions are not good enough. Ultimately we are measured by our actions.”
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently”
“Personal integrity is the most valuable currency that a person can own.”
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said could not be done.”
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
“A good name is got by many actions and lost by one.”
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
“The buck stops here.”
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
“The biggest lesson I've learned is that hurt people hurt people, and kindness is just as contagious. So if you can focus your efforts on engineering kindness, it will prevail.”
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
“A man's character is his fate.”
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.”
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”
“People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.”
“If nothing goes forth from you that can hurt, nothing can return to you that can harm.”
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
“Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish. It will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
“The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.”
“Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.”
“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”
“Work on your character, let life fall into place.”
“Give a good deed the credit of a good motive, and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.”
“In this life we cannot always do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
“The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets.”
“Integrity is what we do, what we say and what we say we do.”
“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”
“To belittle is to be little.”
“Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.”
“The best way to get rid of an enemy is to make a friend of him.”
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it's choosing what's right over what's fun, fast, or easy.”
“If we all lived eye for an eye, we'd all be blind.”
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away.”
“Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
“If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.”
“Character is built through one's deeds and in no other way.”
“When people feel respected, they are more likely to respect others.”
“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Trust is built with consistency.”
“Success is the ability to get what you want from life without interfering with another person's ability to get what they want from life.”
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.”
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
“Always remember that every person you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.”
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”
“Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.”
“A person of integrity says what he means and means what he says.”
“The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be.”
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.”
“We can do more good by being good than in any other way.”
“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less scoundrel in the world.”
“You can make money without doing evil”
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
“It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.”
“Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don't expect it from cheap people.”
“No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.”
“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.”
“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.”
“Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them.”
“Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.”
“Your reputation is what people believe you to be; your character is what you are.”
“Speak with honesty, think with sincerity, and act with integrity.”
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
“Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be bold, but not a bully.”
“When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity regardless of what others may do, you are destined for greatness.”
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.”
“Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.”
“True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.”
“Do all things with love.”
“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”
“If you have to demand respect, you don't deserve it.”
“You can't act like a loser and expect to win.”
“All doors are open to courtesy.”
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.”
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
“No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.”
“Lies travel faster than the truth, but truth always catches up.”
“You will never have lasting prosperity if you don't first have integrity.”
“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“A single lie discovered is enough to create doubt in every truth expressed.”
“Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.”
“Talent can open doors, but only character and humility can keep them open.”
“Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.”
“He who loses honor can lose nothing else.”
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
“If you're not proud of it on the front page, don't do it.”
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
“Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.”
“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”
“He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.”
“It's better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”
“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”
“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.”
“But as for you, O man of God, flee evil. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.”
“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.”
“The great ones are always courteous and kind.”
“Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.”
“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.”
