Integrity

What a powerful word…

Merriam-Webster defines it as:

1. firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility

2. an unimpaired condition : soundness

3. the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness

Incorruptible. A sound and complete person who adheres, who firmly adheres to moral values.

Okay, so yeah I am picking and choosing here, but it doesn’t change what the connotation to this word is…

In order for me to better grasp meanings, I like to read the word in a sentence or have it described in some other way.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

~David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair

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

Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

~Arthur Freed

The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.

~Thomas Babington Macaulay

Yes. I like quotes. In fact, I have a page that I started to collect them on here.

I Love reading. Wish I had more time to do it.

And it is in reading a quote that I had the urge to write this post.

This quote really struck that proverbial nerve…NOT because I think I am great, but I do many times catch myself judging. I catch myself being as the Pharisees and many other Great Hypocrites and Finger Pointers saying: