I will have the moral courage to make my actions consistent with my knowledge of right and wrong.
Young Women Personal Progress
Closely associated with honesty is integrity. Integrity means thinking and doing what is right at all times, no matter what the consequences. When you have integrity, you are willing to live by your standards and beliefs even when no one is watching.
For the Strength of Youth Pamphlet
And no less an alumnus of this academy than Dwight D. Eisenhower said: “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.”
I have felt impressed to speak today about the need for integrity—old-fashioned, personal, practical integrity. To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts. Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.
Joseph B. Wirthlin, Personal Integrity, April 1990
Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace. Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is
essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint.
Joseph B. Wirthlin, Personal Integrity, April 1990
Integrity is so precious that it is beyond price;
it is invaluable.
Joseph B. Wirthlin, Personal Integrity, April 1990
Particularly in the home
should integrity be taught and practiced
as a basis for its extension
into community life
and all other phases of living.
N. Eldon Tanner, Integrity, April 1977
Integrity, or the lack of it, touches
almost every facet of our lives—everything we say,
every thought and desire.
N. Eldon Tanner, Integrity, April 1977
When one has integrated all of these attributes within his being, when
they become the moving force of all his thoughts, actions, and desires, then
he may be said to possess integrity, which has been defined as “a state or
quality of being complete, undivided, or unbroken; moral
soundness, honesty and uprightness.”
N. Eldon Tanner, Integrity, April 1977
We need men and women of courage and honest convictions, who will stand
always ready to be counted for their integrity and not compromise for
expediency, lust for power, or greed; and we need a people who will
appreciate and support representatives of this caliber.
N. Eldon Tanner, Integrity, April 1977
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