Bible
The word integrity comes from the word integer
meaning a whole number. Thus when one
walks in their integrity, they are being whole.
Their words and actions match.
Their word is their bond.
Dwight D. Eisenhower once said,
“The supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no
matter whether it is on a section gang, on a football field, in an army, or in
an office. If a man’s associates find
him guilty of phoniness, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he
will fail. His teachings and actions
must agree with each other.”
Someone has said, “Integrity is
the integration of one’s life around his core values.”
“My boy,” said the store owner to
his new employee, “wisdom and integrity are essential to the retail
business. By ‘integrity’ I mean if you
promise a customer something, you have to keep that promise – even if it means
we lose money.” “And what,” asked the
teenager, “is wisdom?” “That,” answered
the boss, “is not making any stupid promises.”
Have you ever heard the story
about the dishonest golfer? He was so
dishonest that when he made a hole in one he put down zero. No quality reveals a person’s true character
more than honesty. A person of integrity
is a person of strength.
The late J. C. Penney, famous
merchant, was known for his integrity.
In his book, The Ninth Decade,
he tells of a job he held in a village grocery.
He told his father of a shrewd method practiced by the owner. He would mix two grades of coffee and sell
the mixture at the highest price. Young
Penney thought it was a smart trick. But
the boy had a wise father, who pointed out the dishonesty in the practice. He made his point so strong that the boy quit
his job. From that time on Penney made
honesty the rule of his life, a rule he practiced throughout all his years in
business.
✞ Remember that a vision without integrity is not a mission but manipulation.
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