November 19

On Integrity

Look you well to your integrity, and the Lord will look to your prosperity. BA161

Lose all rather than lose your integrity, and when all else is gone, still hold fast a clear conscience as the rarest jewel which can adorn the bosom of a mortal. ME353

Serve God with integrity, and if you achieve no success, at least no sin will lie upon your conscience. ME491

Right leads to light. In the furrows of integrity lie the seeds of happiness, which shall develop into a harvest of bliss. TD97:11

Let no man be deceived with the idea that if he carries out the right, by God’s grace he will prosper in this world as the consequence. It is very likely that, for a time at least, his conscientiousness will stand in the way of his prosperity. WCo38

“There is more honour in being defeated in the truth than in a thousand victories gained by policy and falsehood.” (2135.165)

“You lose your strength, Christian, the moment you depart from your integrity.” (3281.605)

“In such an age as this, when there is so little sound conviction, when principle is cast to the winds, and when a general latitudinarianism, both of thought and practice, seems to rule the day, it is still the fact that a man who is decided in his belief, speaks his mind boldly, and acts according to his profession, is sure to command the reverence of mankind.” (3281.606)

“I should not marvel if a Christian man often finds himself a loser by doing the right thing and maintaining a strict integrity. But we must sooner be losers in this way than lose our acceptance with God.” (3526.398)