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Integrity Motivational Quote:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity…these are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.<\/em><\/div>\n

Act with Integrity to Receive the Benefits
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Merriam-Webster defines integrity<\/a> as a firm adherence to a code of moral values, or the quality or state of being complete or undivided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When you follow your own moral compass and do what you think is right, you achieve a sense of completeness. If you disobey your own value system, you become divided, unbalanced and uneasy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If asked if we wanted to feel complete and whole, very few of us would say no (and if we did, um, Houston, we\u2019ve got a problem). Yet when confronted with a choice our gut tells us is wrong, but our mind rationalizes into a “That\u2019s really not so bad, in fact it\u2019s OK because of such and such\u2026” we can fold more easily than we might think.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The answer is repetition of good behavior. Practicing integrity<\/a> on a daily basis may take courage, but it\u2019s ultimately satisfying, and over time will be our first choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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