CURATED COLLECTION

Living With Integrity

Character is what you are when nobody is watching — and these quotes take that seriously.

50 quotes found

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A man’s life is measured by his deeds, not by his years.

—PremchandWriter

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Death is better than disgrace, and disgrace is better than hellfire.

—Al-Hussain ibn AliProphet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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There are no virtues without sacrifices, no merits without struggles.

—Suzanne NeckerWriter, Reformer & Revolutionary

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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As a solid rock is unshaken by wind, so the wise are unshaken by praise or blame.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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There are many causes that I am prepared to die for, but no causes that I am prepared to kill for.

—Mahatma GandhiLawyer

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Hope is not the conviction that things will go well, but that they are worth doing.

—Václav HavelPlaywright, Essayist & President

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Beware of the enemy within; he is more dangerous than the enemy outside.

—BaybarsSultan

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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Why should I worry about what people say? I live for myself.

—Ismat ChughtaiWriter

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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With self‑discipline, all things are possible.

—Theodore RooseveltPresident & Naturalist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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My only interest in life is to do what I feel is right.

—Sade AduScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

—Ernest HemingwayNovelist & Journalist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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I always say, 'Stay true to yourself,' and that's what I did.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I have always done my best to follow the dictates of truth.

—Benvenuto CelliniSculptor, Writer & Artist

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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Silence is the only dignified answer to certain questions.

—Griselda GambaroPlaywright & Novelist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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He who reigns within himself, rules passions, desires, fears, is more than a king.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

—Rosa ParksActivist

Post-War ERA • North America

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It is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of death or pain.

—EpictetusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

—ConfuciusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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There's no point in living if you can't be true to yourself.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.

—Haruki MurakamiNovelist

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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