Quotes of Integrity

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. e. e. cummings You must structure your world so that you are constantly reminded of who you are. Na'im Akbar Viewed up close, nobody is normal. Caetano Veloso I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. Igor Stravinsky That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning. Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever ...You live you learn, You love you learn, You cry you learn, You lose you learn,   You bleed you learn, You scream you learn...   You grieve you learn, You choke you learn, You laugh you learn, You choose you learn,   You pray you learn, You ask you learn,   You live you learn... Alanis Morissette, You Learn -- Jagged Little Pill That a man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had. Robert Louis Stevenson In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. Martin Niemoeller, German Lutheran Pastor We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough. Seneca I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau, Walden(1854), II, Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), from Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar(1894) I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Reinhold Niebuhr, The Serenity Prayer (1934) Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. Shakespeare Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. Arthur Conan Doyle, Complete Sherlock Holmes, Valley of Fear Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Albert Einstein Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Inscription beneath his bust in the Hall of Fame. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. A. Lincoln That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. William J.H. Boetcker We tell lies when we are afraid, . . . afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger Tad Williams, To Green Angel Tower When in doubt, tell the truth. Mark Twain Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. H. L. Mencken The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw At fifteen, life taught me undeniably, that surrender was as honorable as resistence, especially when you have no other choice. Maya Angelou

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